“ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: ”
Search me, O God - The word “search” here is the same as in Psalms 139:1 . See the notes at that verse. The psalmist had stated the fact that it is a characteristic of God that he “does” search...
CXXXIX. God is Everywhere: He Knows Everything Oh that He would Destroy the Wicked. This Ps. is among the most spiritual productions of the OT. It deals with the mystery of Divine providence, a the...
thoughts . distractions or cares. Not the same word as in verses: Psalms 139:2 ; Psalms 139:17 .
23. Search me, O God! He insists upon this as being the only cause why he opposed the despisers of God, that he himself was a genuine worshipper of God, and desired others to possess the sam...
DISCOURSE: 736 THE DIFFICULTY OF KNOWING OUR OWN STATE Psalms 139:23-24 . Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me...
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Search me, O God - Investigate my conduct, examine my heart, put me to the test, and entwine my thoughts.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts: And see if (there be any) wicked way in me, and lead me i...
One of the very greatest of the Pss. No grander tribute has ever been paid to the omniscience and omnipresence of God. The Ps. is ascribed to David, but the Hebrew is decisive in favour of a date ver...
Search. — The same word with which the psalm opens. The inevitable scrutiny of the Divine Being is invited. Thoughts. — As in Psalms 94:19 ; a word meaning ( Ezekiel 31:5 ) branches, and so e...
Psalms 139:1-24 THIS is the noblest utterance in the Psalter of pure contemplative theism, animated and not crushed by the thought of God's omniscience and omnipresence. No less striking than the...
God's Thoughts and Ours Psalms 139:14-24 God's creative power, Psalms 139:14-18 . The psalmist goes back to the beginning of life and describes the weaving of our physical nature. Here we m...
The conception of intimate personal relation between God and man is perhaps more remarkably and forcefully dealt with in this song than in any other in the whole collection. The great facts are firs...
If we needed any farther evidence as to whom this Psalm can with any propriety be otherwise applied, what is here said in conclusion must direct our hearts to the blessed Jesus, and to him only. Who...
Search me, O God, and know my heart ,.... He had searched him, and knew his heart thoroughly; try me, and know my thoughts ; he had tried him, and knew every thought in him, Psalms 139:1 . This t...
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Ver. 23. Search me, O God, and know my heart ] Look into every corner and cranny, and see whether it be not so as I say, viz. tha...
Search me, O God Do thou, who art the searcher of hearts, judge whether I do not speak this from my very heart, and deal with me accordingly. See if there be any wicked way in me Hebrew, דרךְ עצב...
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...
And whether I do not speak this from my very heart, do thou judge, who art the Searcher of hearts, and deal with me accordingly.
INTRODUCTION “Nowhere,” says Perowne, “are the great attributes of God—His omniscience, His omnipresence, His omnipotence, set forth so strikingly as they are in this magnificent Psalm. Nowhere is t...
Psalms 139:19-24 I. There is a peculiarity of expression in this Psalm which we certainly should not find in any Christian hymn, and one which cannot fail to strike us. What can be more remarkable...
In this Psalm, David praises God by specially dwelling upon the one attribute of omniscience. If we really wish to praise God, we must think of him as he is, and it is the best praise that we can ren...
This psalm is entitled, a psalm of David. All the Versions agree with the Hebrew in this. It must be regarded as one of the sublimest representations of the Divinity, and particularly with regard t...
O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me. God’s exhaustive knowledge of man This lyric has always been the subject of praise. Aben Ezra said there was none like it in the five books. Lord Br...
EXPOSITION A song of praise to God for his omniscience, his omnipresence, and his marvelous powers, ending with a prayer for the destruction of the wicked, and for the purifying from evil of the...
1 Peter 1:7 ; Deuteronomy 8:16 ; Deuteronomy 8:2 ; Job 31:6 ; Malachi 3:2 ; Malachi 3:3 ; Proverbs 17:3 ; Psalms 139:1 ; Psalms 26:2 ; Zechariah 13:9
Thou God Seest Me Selections from Psalms 139:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The world today needs a new vision of the Deity of Christ. Our Lord Jesus has been dragged down from His place of auth...