Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 139:3
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Psalms139:3
3 Thou compassest my path , and my lying down , and art acquainted with all my ways.
Thou watchest me on every side, and therefore discernest every step which I take. It is a Metaphor either from huntsmen watching all the motions and lurking places of wild beasts, that they may catch them; or from Souldiers be[illegible: 1+ letters]ieging their enemies in a City, and setting watches round about them.
Me when I lye down in my bed, where men oft contrive what they execute in the day time.
Marginal references: Or, win[illegible: 1+ letters]owest.
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