Psalms 139:1
O LORD, thou have searched me, and known.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
2Thou know my sitting down and my rising up. Thou understand my thought afar off.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:20And what can David say more to thee? For thou know thy servant, O lord LORD.
2 Kings 19:27But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be
Psalms 17:3Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:1
Some of the Jewish doctors are of opinion that this is the most excellent of all the psalms of David; and a very pious devout meditation it is upon the doctrine of God's omniscience, which we should therefore have our hearts fixed upon and filled with in singing this psalm. I. This doctrine is here asserted, and fully laid down, ver. 1-6 . II. It is confirmed by two arguments:—1. God is every where present; therefore he knows all, ver. 7-12 . 2. He made us, therefore he knows us, ver. 13-16 . III. Some inferences… Read the whole commentary →