Psalms 139:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
A Psalm of David] There is not in all the five books of psalms so notable a one as this, saith Aben Ezra, concerning the ways of God and the workings of conscience. It was penned, saith the Syriac interpreter, upon occasion of Shimei's railing upon him for a bloody man and a Belialist, 2Sa 16:5-13 Here, therefore, he purgeth himself by an appeal to God, and delivereth up his false accusers to God's just judgment, Psalms 139:19 .
Ver. 1. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me] Even mine heart and reins, Jeremiah 17:10, hast thou searched as with lights, Zephaniah 1:12, by an exact scrutiny, by a soul searching inquisition, whereby thou art come to know me through and through; not only me natural, as Psalms 139:15,16, but also me civil and moral, as Psalms 139:2,3, &c.; neither stayeth thy knowledge in the porch or lobbies (my words and ways), but passeth into the presence, yea, privy chamber; for