Psalms 139:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.”
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BSBPD
“You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 139:5 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 24:11But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
- Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Job 9:33Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
- Job 23:8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
- Psalms 34:7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
- Revelation 1:17When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
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