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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 139 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm was written by David, when he lay under the reproach and calumnies of men, who laid false things to his charge; things he was not conscious of either in the time of Saul's persecution of him, or when his son Absalom rebelled against him: and herein he appeals to the heart searching and rein trying God for his...
John Gill
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. The omniscience of God reaches to all persons and things; but the psalmist only takes notice of it as respecting himself. God knows all men in general, and whatever belongs to them; he knows his own people in a special manner; and he knows their particular persons, as David and others: and this knowledge of God is considered after the manner of men,...
Matthew Henry
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...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. He invokes in adoration Jehovah the all knowing God, and he proceeds to adore him by proclaiming one of his peculiar attributes. If we would praise God aright we must draw the matter of our praise from himself—"O Jehovah, thou hast." No pretended god knows aught of us; but the true God, Jehovah, understands us, and is most intimately acquainted...
Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. “Thou hast explored me, as men dig in mines, and make subterranean excavations. Thou hast searched into my secret parts, and known me.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. God does not need to “search” us, for that implies a want of knowledge, a knowledge obtained by search. But the meaning of the text is, that God knows us as well as if he had examined us through and through, just as an excise officer searches a house to find contraband goods. “O Lord, thou has searched me, and known me.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD thou hast searched me, and known me. “Known me perfectly, far better than I know myself. Thou hast made an inquisition, and investigated every secret thing concerning me: ‘Thou hast searched me, and known me.’”
Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. It is true that God knows everything, but that is not what David says here. He makes a personal application of the universal truth: “O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.” He does not talk about God’s knowledge of other men, but he speaks to God concerning himself: “O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me ;” — “thou hast searched me as if...
Charles H. Spurgeon
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou hast looked into my most secret parse. The most intricate labyrinths of my spirit are all observed of thee. Thou hast not searched, and yet been unable to discover the secret of my nature but thou hast searched me and known me. Thy search has been an efficient one, thou hast read the secrets of my soul,