Such Knowledge Is Too Wonderful for Me – Psalm 139:1-6

Outlines in Psalms

This outline is a companion to a previous outline:  O Lord, Thou Hast Searched Me, and Known Me - Psalm 139   

Psalm 139:1 – “O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.”

1.  The Lord our God knows all our conduct (behavior).

Psalm 139:2a – “Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising.”

2.  The Lord our God knows (and even understands) all our considerations (thoughts).

Psalm 139:2b – “Thou understandest my thought afar off.”

3.  The Lord our God knows all our character (motivations, priorities, and direction).

Psalm 139:3 – “Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.”

4.  The Lord our God knows all our communications (words).  

Psalm 139:4 – “For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”

5.  The Lord our God knows all our condition (circumstances, choices, and consequences).

Psalm 139:5 – “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.”

6.  The Lord our God knows us completely (infinitely better than we know oursleves).

Psalm 139:6 – “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.”

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