Psalms 139:1
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” O LORD! thou hast searched me and known me!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
2Thou knowest my sitting-down and my rising-up; Thou understandest my thoughts from afar!
Cross References
Psalms 17:3Provest thou my heart, visitest thou me in the night, Triest thou me like gold, thou shalt find nothing!
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; Yea, it is 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 →