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For there is not a word in my tongue — All that I say; all that I have power to say; all that I am disposed at any time to sa…

For there is not ... —This has been understood in two ways:
My tongue cannot utter a word which you do not altoget…

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether.
"When it is in my tongue, and not spoken, like a seed…

For there is not a word, etc. The words admit a double meaning. Accordingly, some understand them to imply that God knows what we are abou…

For [there is] not a word in my tongue
Expressed by it or upon it, just ready to be spoken; or, as the Targum, ``whe…

God has perfect knowledge of us, and all our thoughts and actions are open before Him. It is more profitable to meditate on Divine truths, applying…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes