Psalms 139:1
“To the chief musician, by David, a psalm.” O Lord! thou hast searched me through, and thou knowest [me].
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:20And what can David add yet more to speak unto thee? since thou, O Lord Eternal, knowest well thy servant?
2 Kings 19:27But thy abiding and thy going out and thy coming in do I know, and thy raging against me.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with an entire heart and with a willing soul; for all hearts doth the Lord search, and every imagination of the thoughts doth he understand; if thou seek him, he will let himself be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast thought of me in the night; thou hast refined me—thou couldst find nothing: my purpose doth not pass beyond [the words of] my mouth.
Psalms 139:23Search me through, O God, and know my heart; probe me, and know my thoughts:
Jeremiah 17:9Deceitful is the heart above all things, and sick: 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 →