Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

Psalm 139

1 O LORD, a You have searched me and known me. 2 b You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You c understand my thought afar off. 3 d You 1 comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O LORD, e You know it altogether. 5 You have 2 hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me. 6 f Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

7 g Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 h If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
i If I make my bed in 3 hell, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall 4 fall on me,"
Even the night shall be light about me; 12 Indeed, j the darkness 5 shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

13 For You formed my inward parts;
You 6 covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for 7 I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well. 15 k My 8 frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

17 l How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

19 Oh, that You would m slay the wicked, O God!
n Depart from me, therefore, you 9 bloodthirsty men. 20 For they o speak against You wickedly;
10 Your enemies take Your name in vain. 21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? 22 I hate them with 11 perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

23 q Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And r lead me in the way everlasting.

  1. Cross References
    Job 10:3
    Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
    Job 10:8
    Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 17:3
    You have tested my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and have found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
    Jeremiah 12:3
    But You, O LORD, know me; You have seen me, And You have tested my heart toward You. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, And prepare them for the day of slaughter.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:27
    But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 66:18
    For I know their works and their thoughts. It shall be that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and see My glory.
    Matthew 9:4
    But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
  5. Cross References
    Job 14:16
    For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin.
    Job 31:4
    Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?
  6. Cross References
    Hebrews 4:13
    And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
  7. Cross References
    Job 42:3
    You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
    Psalms 40:5
    Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 23:24
    Can anyone hide himself in secret places, So I shall not see him?" says the LORD; "Do I not fill heaven and earth?" says the LORD.
    Amos 9:2 - 4
    Though they dig into hell, From there My hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down.
  9. Cross References
    Amos 9:2 - 4
    Though they dig into hell, From there My hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down.
  10. Cross References
    Job 26:6
    Sheol is naked before Him, And Destruction has no covering.
    Proverbs 15:11
    Hell and Destruction are before the LORD; So how much more the hearts of the sons of men.
  11. Cross References
    Job 26:6
    Sheol is naked before Him, And Destruction has no covering.
    Job 34:22
    There is no darkness nor shadow of death Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
    Daniel 2:22
    He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him.
    Hebrews 4:13
    And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
  12. Cross References
    Job 10:8
    Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.
    Job 10:9
    Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?
    Ecclesiastes 11:5
    As you do not know what is the way of the wind, Or how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child, So you do not know the works of God who makes everything.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 40:5
    Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
    Romans 11:33
    Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:4
    But with righteousness He shall judge the poor, And decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 119:115
    Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God!
  16. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 19:2
    And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Therefore the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
  17. Cross References
    Job 31:6
    Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.
    Psalms 26:2
    Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart.
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