Psalm 139:1 {138:1}
Good News Translation
LORD, you have examined me and you know me.

New Revised Standard Version
O LORD, you have searched me and known me.

Contemporary English Version
You have looked deep into my heart, LORD, and you know all about me.

New American Bible
For the leader. A psalm of David. LORD, you have probed me, you know me:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

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2956, B.C.

1048. A Psalm. This Psalm is supposed to have been composed by David when made king of Israel; though some think it was written by him when accused of traitorous designs against Saul. It is a most sublime ode on the wisdom, knowledge, presence, and justice of God; the sentiments are grand, the style highly elevated, and the images various, beautiful, and impressive.

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Psalm 139:23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.

Psalm 11:4,5 For they have destroyed the things which thou hast made: but what has the just man done? . . .

Psalm 17:3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Psalm 44:21 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

1 Kings 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven, in the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do so as to give to every one according to his ways, as thou shalt see his heart (for thou only knowest the heart of all the children of men)

1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Jeremiah 12:3 And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me, and proved my heart with thee: gather them together as for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 17:9,10 The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it? . . .

John 21:17 He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.

Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.

Revelation 2:18,23 And to the angel of the church of Thyatira write: These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like to a flame of fire and his feet like to fine brass. . . .

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
1Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:2Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.…
Cross References
Romans 8:27
And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what the Spirit desireth: because he asketh for the saints according to God.

Revelation 2:23
And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will give to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say

Genesis 3:8
And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.

Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her: Thou the God who hast seen me. For she said: Verily, here have I seen the hinder parts of him that seeth me.

2 Kings 19:27
Thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy way I knew before, and thy rage against me.

Job 14:16
Thou indeed hast numbered my steps, but spare my sins.

Psalm 17:3
Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Psalm 44:21
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:

Isaiah 37:28
I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

Jeremiah 12:3
And thou, O Lord, hast known me, thou hast seen me, and proved my heart with thee: gather them together as for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah 23:23
Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

Psalm 138:8
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