Psalms 139:1
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
King James Version
In Context
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:20And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
2 Kings 19:27But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
1 Chronicles 28:9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
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, and desperately wicked: 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 →