Thou knowest Thouis emphatic. It is God alone Who possesses this absolute knowledge of His creatures.

my downsitting and mine uprising My whole life, at rest or in activity. Cp. Psalms 127:2; Deuteronomy 6:7.

thought The word used here and in Psalms 139:17 is an Aramaism, found here only in the O.T.

afar off Cp. Psalms 138:6; Jeremiah 23:23. The P.B.V. long beforeis also a possible rendering. Neither space nor time exist for God.

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