Psalms 139:1
O Lord, you search and know me;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
2when I sit, when I rise you know it, you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Cross References
Psalms 17:3When you test my heart when you visit at night, and assay me like silver – you can find no evil. I am determined that my mouth should not lie.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, know my heart: test me, and know my thoughts,
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 →