Psalms 139:23
God, search my inner being; find out what I am thinking!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
In Context
22I hate them completely, and I consider that they are my enemies.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16Do not forget that in that desert he gave your ancestors manna to eat, food that they had never eaten before. He caused them to have/experience many problems/difficulties, because he wanted them to realize that they needed to trust him and not themselves. And he wanted to test them, to find out whether they intended to obey him, in order that when those difficulties ended, he would do many good things for them.
Psalms 11:4But Yahweh is sitting on his throne in his sacred temple in heaven, and he [SYN] watches everything that people do.
Psalms 17:3You know what I think, even at night; you have examined what I say and do, and you know that I have determined to never tell any lies.
Psalms 139:1Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know everything about me.
Jeremiah 11:20Then I prayed, “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking [DOU]. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people who want to kill me, because I trust that you will do for me what is right.”
Malachi 3:2But will anyone [RHQ] be able to survive when he comes? Will anyone [RHQ] be able to remain standing in front of him? Certainly not, because he will be like [SIM] a blazing fire that refines/purifies metal/gold. He will be like [SIM] a very strong soap that bleaches clothes.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:18-24
The Omniscience of God. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O Lord , that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred:… Read the whole commentary →