Psalm 139:6 {138:6}
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Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

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Psalm 40:5 Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

Psalm 13:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?

Job 11:7-9 Peradventure thou wilt comprehend the steps of God, and wilt find out the Almighty perfectly? . . .

Job 26:14 Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?

Job 42:3 Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

Proverbs 30:2-4 I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me. . . .

Romans 11:33 O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
5Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me. 6Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?…
Cross References
Romans 11:33
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable his ways!

Job 42:3
Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken unwisely, and things that above measure exceeded my knowledge.

Psalm 19:12
Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord:

Psalm 131:1
A gradual canticle of David. Lord, my heart is not exalted: nor are my eyes lofty. Neither have I walked in great matters, nor in wonderful things above me.

Lexicon
[Such] knowledge
דַ֣עַת (ḏa·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1847: Knowledge

[is] too wonderful
פְּלִ֣יאָֽה (pə·lî·’āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6383: Wonderful, incomprehensible

for me,
מִמֶּ֑נִּי (mim·men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

too lofty
נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה (niś·gə·ḇāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7682: To be, lofty, inaccessible, safe, strong

for me to attain.
א֥וּכַֽל (’ū·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power


Additional Translations
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot attain to it.

O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.

This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.

Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
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