Psa 139:1-6 | NETfull | STEP | O Lord , you examine me and know.

Psalms 139:1-6

1 O Lord, you examine me ^{▼▼ The statement is understood as generalizing – the psalmist describes what God typically does.} and know.
2 You know when I sit down and when I get up;
even from far away you understand my motives.
3 You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; ^{▼▼ Heb “my traveling and my lying down you measure.” The verb זָרָה (zarah, “to measure”) is probably here a denominative from זָרָת (zarat, “a span; a measure”), though some derive it from זָרָה (zarat, “to winnow; to sift”; see BDB 279-80 s.v. זָרָה).}
you are aware of everything I do. ^{▼▼ Heb “all my ways.”}
4 Certainly ^{▼▼ Or “for.”} my tongue does not frame a word
without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it. ^{▼▼ Heb “look, O Lord, you know all of it.”}
5 You squeeze me in from behind and in front;
you place your hand on me.
6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;
it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. ^{▼▼ Heb “too amazing [is this] knowledge for me, it is elevated, I cannot attain to it.”}