Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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Gill's Exposition
Whither shall I go from thy spirit?.... Or, "from thy wind?" which some interpret literally, the wind being God's creature; which he brings out of his treasures, and holds in his fists, and disposes…
Barnes' Notes
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me - literally, “Wonderful knowledge away from me,” or, more than I can comprehend. It is beyond my reach; it surpasses all my powers to comprehend it. It is high,…
David here lays down this great doctrine, That the God with whom we have to do has a perfect knowledge of us, and that all the motions and actions both of our inward and of our outward man are naked…
Cambridge Bible
A concluding exclamation of reverent awe. Such infinite knowledge baffles human thought to comprehend it. Cp. Rom 11:33.
(so) exalted (that) I cannot attain unto it "The word used implies -high so as…
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