Psalm 139:4 {138:4}
Good News Translation
Even before I speak, you already know what I will say.

New Revised Standard Version
Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know it completely.

Contemporary English Version
Before I even speak a word, you know what I will say,

New American Bible
Even before a word is on my tongue, LORD, you know it all.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

there is not

Psalm 19:14 And the words of my mouth shall be such as may please: and the meditation of my heart always in thy sight. O Lord, my helper and my Redeemer.

Job 8:2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Job 38:2 Who is this that wrappeth up sentences in unskilful words?

Job 42:3,6-8 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge. . . .

Zephaniah 1:12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and will visit upon the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their hearts: The Lord will not do good, nor will he do evil.

Malachi 3:13-16 Your words have been unsufferable to me, saith the Lord. . . .

Matthew 12:35-37 A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. . . .

James 1:26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

James 3:2-10 For in many things we all offend. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man. He is able also with a bridle to lead about the whole body. . . .

thou knowest

Psalm 50:19-21 Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits. . . .

Jeremiah 29:23 Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord.

Hebrews 4:12,13 For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than any two edged sword; and reaching unto the division of the soul and the spirit, of the joints also and the marrow: and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. . . .

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
3Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. 4And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.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.…
Cross References
Hebrews 4:13
Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Psalm 40:9
I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips: O Lord, thou knowest it.

Psalm 139:3
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