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Psalms 139:5

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand:—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thou hast beset me behind, and before: and laid thine hand vpon me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— From the beginning to the end, thou knowest me, O LORD, for thou hast formed and laid thy hand upon me.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Thou hast beset 6696
{6696} Prime
צוּר
tsuwr
{tsoor}
A primitive root; to cramp, that is, confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
me behind 268
{0268} Prime
אָחוֹר
'achowr
{aw-khore'}
From H0299; the hinder part; hence (adverbially) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West.
and before, 6924
{6924} Prime
קֶדֶם
qedem
{keh'-dem}
From H6923; the front, of palce (absolutely the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward).
and laid 7896
{7896} Prime
שִׁית
shiyth
{sheeth}
A primitive root; to place (in a very wide application).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
thine hand 3709
{3709} Prime
כַּף
kaph
{kaf}
From H3721; the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm tree); figuratively power.
upon x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
me.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 139:1-24.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 139:1-6.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 139:5

Beset me — With thy all — seeing providence. And laid — Thou keepest me, as it were with a strong hand, in thy sight and under thy power.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 139:5

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine (d) hand upon me.

(d) You so guide me with your hand, that I can turn no way, but where you appoint me.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
beset me:

Deuteronomy 33:27 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
Job 23:8-9 Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: ... On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:

and laid:

Exodus 24:11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Revelation 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
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Ex 24:11. Dt 33:27. Jb 23:8. Rv 1:17.

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