NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.

In Psalm 31:5, 'Into your hand I commit my spirit' also appears in Luke 23:46--was this psalm later retrofitted to validate New Testament claims? Why does God allow babies to be born with painful, fatal diseases if He knits them in the womb (Psalm 139:13)? If God is omniscient and omnipresent, why does Psalm 13:1 imply He can forget the psalmist?

What does Psalm 139:5 mean? David relates his confidence that God "hems him in." This idea comes from the Hebrew word tsuwr , which is often used of a military siege or fortification.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. (5) Beset —as a beleagured city from which there is no escape. 139:1-6 God has perfect knowledge of us, and all our thoughts and actions are open before him.

Psalms 139:5 Context. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. You have encircled me; you have placed your hand on me. You surround me—front and back. You put your hand on me. You have hemmed me in both behind and in front and laid your hand on me. and with your powerful arm you protect me from every side.

Psalm 139:5 Study Bible: You encircle me behind and in front, and you place your hand upon me. You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. This phrase suggests God's comprehensive protection and guidance.

Psalms 139:5. Thou hast beset me behind and before Art on every side of me, all around me, like one besieged in a strait place; so that there is nothing I can think, say, or do, but what is known unto thee.

5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thine hand upon me. 5 You go before me and follow me. You place your …

Psalm 139:5, “Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me,” expresses the Psalmist’s recognition of God’s omnipresence and omnipotence. The imagery of being encircled “behind and before” suggests that God knows all aspects of the Psalmist’s life, past, present, and future.