Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 139:4

"For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether." — Psalms 139:4 (ASV)

For there is not ... —This has been understood in two ways:

• My tongue cannot utter a word which you do not altogether know.

• Before my tongue can utter a word you know it altogether.