139:3 You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; 1
you are aware of everything I do. 2
1 tn Heb “my traveling and my lying down you measure.” The verb זָרָה (zarah, “to measure”) is probably here a denominative from זָרָת (zarat, “a span; a measure”), though some derive it from זָרָה (zarat, “to winnow; to sift”; see BDB 279-80 s.v. זָרָה).
2 tn Heb “all my ways.”