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For there is not a word on my tongue, But, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
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God Knows Unspoken Words
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that this verse describes God's foreknowledge. He doesn't just hear what you say; He knows what you are about to say before the words are even fully formed on your tongue. As Charles Spurgeon colorfully puts it, God knows the 'seeds of speech' and the 'unspoken words' that are still just thoughts in your mind.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
For there is not ... —This has been understood in two ways:
My tongue cannot utter a word which you do not altoget…
Baptist
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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