Psalm 139:6 {138:6}
Good News Translation
Your knowledge of me is too deep; it is beyond my understanding.

New Revised Standard Version
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.

Contemporary English Version
I can't understand all of this! Such wonderful knowledge is far above me.

New American Bible
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, far too lofty for me to reach.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

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Psalm 40:5 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

Psalm 13:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?

Job 11:7-9 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly? . . .

Job 26:14 Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?

Job 42:3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

Proverbs 30:2-4 I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me. . . .

Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
5Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me. 6Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?…
Cross References
Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

Job 42:3
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

Psalm 19:12
Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord:

Psalm 131:1
A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

Psalm 139:5
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