Psalms 139:1
Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
2Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:20Therefore, what more will David be able to say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God.
2 Kings 19:27Your habitation, and your exit, and your entrance, and your way, I knew beforehand, along with your fury against me.
1 Chronicles 28:9And as for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts, and understands the thoughts of all minds. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you abandon him, he will cast you aside for eternity.
Psalms 17:3The Lord is my firmament, my refuge, and my liberator. My God is my helper, and I hope in him: my protector, and the horn of my salvation, and my support.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is depraved above all things, and it is unsearchable, 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 →