“"Thou hast known My down-sitting and Mine up-rising" (ver. 2). What here is "down-sitting," what "up-rising"? He who sitteth, humbleth himself. The Lord then "sat" in His Passion, "up-rose" in His Resurrection. "Thou," he saith, hast known this; that is, Thou hast willed, Thou hast approved; according to Thy will was…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 139
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2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
— Psalms 139:2 —
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.