Psalms 139:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:20What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD.
2 Kings 19:27But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand 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 →