Psalms 139:5

American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 33:27 : 27 The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
  • Job 9:33 : 33 There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.
  • Job 23:8-9 : 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there] ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; 9 On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
  • Ps 34:7 : 7 The angel of Jehovah encampeth round about them that fear him, And delivereth them.
  • Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
  • Exod 24:11 : 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 139:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me] .

    2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

    3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

    4For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

  • Ps 139:6-10
    5 verses
    80%

    6[ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

    7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

    8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

    9If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

    10Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

  • Ps 139:13-18
    6 verses
    79%

    13For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

    14I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

    15My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

    16Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.

    17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

    18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

  • Ps 73:23-24
    2 verses
    77%

    23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden my right hand.

    24Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.

  • 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.

  • Job 10:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

    8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

  • 73YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;

  • 3But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

  • 27Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

  • 8My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.

  • 12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.

  • 21Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

  • 16But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

  • 39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

  • 13Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

  • Ps 18:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation; And thy right hand hath holden me up, And thy gentleness hath made me great.

    36Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped.

  • 3Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

  • 7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

  • 28But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.

  • 13Thou hast a mighty arm; Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.

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    40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

    41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

  • 27That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.

  • 5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

  • 11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

  • 15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

  • 27But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.

  • 7Thou art my hiding-place; Thou wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. {{Selah

  • 168I have observed thy precepts and thy testimonies; For all my ways are before thee.

  • 17Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

  • 8And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.

  • 5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah

  • 13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.