Psalms 139:1
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
BSB
ASV
O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.
KJV
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
The reference would then be very appropriately to the fact that the most distant objects are contemplated as near by God. Some for afar off read beforehand, in which signification the Hebrew word is elsewhere taken, as if he had said -- O Lord, every thought which I conceive in my heart is already known to thee beforehand.
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 with our persons, nature, and character. How well it is for us to know the God who knows us!
Same theme
Genesis 16:13El Roi ('the God who sees me'), the only divine name given by a woman and a foreigner, anticipates 'you have searched me and known me.' INTERPRETIVE trailhead.
Wikipedia 'El Roi'; Bible.org Lesson 34; text Ps 139
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Hebrews 4:13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
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For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each…
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
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Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
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Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.
