Psalms 139:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
2*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:20And what can David say more to thee? for thou, Lord Jehovah, knowest thy servant.
2 Kings 19:27But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; 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 →