 LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.  The Guardian - Page 2801859Full view - About this book
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether. Thou hast fashioned me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me ; I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit? or whither... | |
 | 1811 - 560 pages
...will also enable us to perceive the force and beauty of the following passage in the 139th Psalm, " Thou hast beset me behind, and before ; and laid thine hand upon me ;" that is, in the way of favor and kindness. REMARKS ON Slli W. DRUMMONiys DERIVATION OF THti WOKfi... | |
 | 1806 - 662 pages
...more rational behaviour is, with awe and reverence to say, " Whither can I flee from thy presence? — thou hast 'beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me." Could any supposition, take place, even of his momentary absence, — that he were far off on a journey... | |
 | George Horne, Lindley Murray - 1812 - 248 pages
...0 LORD, thou knowest it altogether, or, When there is not a -word in my tongue, lo, O LORD, Sec. 5. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6. Such knoto186 ledge is, too wonderful for me; itia high, I cannot attain unto it. The Psalmist employs... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 626 pages
...truth of what I was ordered to send to him. And therefore he may say with David,— Psaim cxxxix.—" Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine...attain unto it: whither shall I go from thy spirit, or whither shall I fly from thy presence ? If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me, even the night... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 468 pages
...my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it," verses 1, 2, 3, &c.... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1814 - 184 pages
...my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset...hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cunnot attain unto it. Whither t,hall I go from thy Spirit ? or whither shall I flee... | |
 | Elizabeth Hamilton - 1814 - 584 pages
...all my " ways; for there is not a word in " my tongue, but lo! thou knowest " it altogether. Thou has beset me " behind and before, and laid thine " hand...upon me. Such knowledge is " too wonderful for me ; I cannot " attain " attain unto it. Whither shall I go " from thy spirit? or whither shall I " flee... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge u too wonderful for me; it is high, 1 cannot attain unto it. 7 Whither shall I go... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1817 - 294 pages
...rny lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord ! thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset...attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? Psalm cxxxix 1 — 7. How precious also are thy thoughts... | |
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