Psalms 139:4 (YLT)

Passage

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

Nearby Context

Psalms 139:2 Thou--Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.

Psalms 139:3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And <FI>with<Fi> all my ways hast been acquainted.

Psalms 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

Psalms 139:5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.

Psalms 139:6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "word", "tongue", "jehovah", "thou", "hast", and "known". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "word" and "tongue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "My path and my couch Thou hast..." into verse 5's "Behind and before Thou hast besieged me...", so "word" and "tongue" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "word" and "tongue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.