Psalms 139:2,23-24 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 139:2 NIV (New International Version)
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Psalms 139:23-24 NIV (New International Version)
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 139:2 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:23-24 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
Psalms 139:2 NLT (New Living Translation)
You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
Psalms 139:23-24 NLT (New Living Translation)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Psalms 139:2 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
You know when I sit down and when I stand up; you understand my thoughts from far away.
Psalms 139:23-24 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalms 139:2 KJV (King James Version)
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Psalm 139:23-24 KJV (King James Version)
Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 139:2 NKJV (New King James Version)
You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
Psalms 139:23-24 NKJV (New King James Version)
Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 139:1-6 MSG (The Message)
GOD, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I’m an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; I’m never out of your sight. You know everything I’m going to say before I start the first sentence. I look behind me and you’re there, then up ahead and you’re there, too— your reassuring presence, coming and going. This is too much, too wonderful— I can’t take it all in!
Psalms 139:23-24-23-24 MSG (The Message)
Investigate my life, O God, find out everything about me; Cross-examine and test me, get a clear picture of what I’m about; See for yourself whether I’ve done anything wrong— then guide me on the road to eternal life.
Psalms 139:2 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away.
Psalm 139:23-24 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
¶Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalms 139:2 AMP (Amplified Bible)
You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do]; You understand my thought from afar. [Matt 9:4; John 2:24, 25]
Psalms 139:23-24 AMP (Amplified Bible)
¶Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalms 139:2 NET (New English Translation)
You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
Psalms 139:23-24 NET (New English Translation)
Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path!