Psalm 139:4
 Psalm 139:4 
New International Version (©2011)
Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.

New Living Translation (©2007)
You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, LORD.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Even before I have formed a word with my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely!

NET Bible (©2006)
Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
If there is an alteration in my language, you, Lord Jehovah, know all these things.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Even before there is a [single] word on my tongue, you know all about it, LORD.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether.

American King James Version
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, see, O LORD, you know it altogether.

American Standard Version
For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.

Darby Bible Translation
For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

English Revised Version
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Webster's Bible Translation
For there is not a word on my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

World English Bible
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

Young's Literal Translation
For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

139:1-6 God has perfect knowledge of us, and all our thoughts and actions are open before him. It is more profitable to meditate on Divine truths, applying them to our own cases, and with hearts lifted to God in prayer, than with a curious or disputing frame of mind. That God knows all things, is omniscient; that he is every where, is omnipresent; are truths acknowledged by all, yet they are seldom rightly believed in by mankind. God takes strict notice of every step we take, every right step and every by step. He knows what rule we walk by, what end we walk toward, what company we walk with. When I am withdrawn from all company, thou knowest what I have in my heart. There is not a vain word, not a good word, but thou knowest from what thought it came, and with what design it was uttered. Wherever we are, we are under the eye and hand of God. We cannot by searching find how God searches us out; nor do we know how we are known. Such thoughts should restrain us from sin.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 4. - For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. What has been already said of deeds and thoughts is now extended to "words." God hears every word we speak.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For there is not a word in my tongue,.... Expressed by it or upon it, just ready to be spoken; or, as the Targum,

"when there is no word in my tongue:''

so Aben Ezra,

"before it was perfect in my tongue:''

before it is formed there; while it is in the mind, and not expressed, and even before that;

but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether; the whole of it, from whence it springs; the reason of it, what is designed, or the ends to be answered by it. The Lord knows the good words of his people, which they speak to him in prayer, even before and while they are speaking them; and what they say to one another in private conversation, Isaiah 65:24. See an instance of words known by Christ before spoken, in Luke 19:31.


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You have Searched Me and Know Me
3You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. 4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, see, O LORD, you know it altogether. 5You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand on me. …

Hebrews 4:13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Psalm 40:9 I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, LORD, as you know.