Psalms 139:1
O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
In Context
2Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:20What more, then, can David yet further speak unto thee,—seeing that, thou thyself knowest thy servant, O My Lord Yahweh?
2 Kings 19:27Howbeit, thine abode, and thy coming out and thy going in, I know,—and thy raging against me.
1 Chronicles 28:9Thou, therefore, Solomon my son, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for, all hearts, doth Yahweh search, and, every devised purpose, doth he understand,—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 tested my heart, hast made inspection by night, hast refined me until thou couldst find nothing, Had I devised evil, my mouth should not have transgressed:
Psalms 139:23Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;
Jeremiah 17:9Deceitful is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward,—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 →