Psalms 139:1
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
2Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:20And what can Dauid say more vnto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy seruant.
2 Kings 19:27I knowe thy dwelling, yea, thy going out, and thy comming in, and thy furie against me.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Salomon my sonne, know thou the God of thy father, and serue him with a perfit heart, and with a willing minde: For the Lord searcheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all the imaginations of thoughts: if thou seeke him, he will be found of thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for euer.
Psalms 17:3Thou hast prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend.
Psalms 139:23Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitfull and wicked aboue all things, who can knowe 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 →