Psalm 139:1
New International Version
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.

New Living Translation
O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.

English Standard Version
O LORD, you have searched me and known me!

Berean Standard Bible
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

King James Bible
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

New King James Version
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

New American Standard Bible
For the music director. A Psalm of David. LORD, You have searched me and known me.

NASB 1995
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

NASB 1977
O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me.

Legacy Standard Bible
For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm. O Yahweh, You have searched me and known me.

Amplified Bible
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.

Christian Standard Bible
For the choir director. A psalm of David. LORD, you have searched me and known me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. LORD, You have searched me and known me.

American Standard Version
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH, you have searched me and you have known me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For the end, a Psalm of David.O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

English Revised Version
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[For the choir director; a psalm by David.] O LORD, you have examined me, and you know me.

Good News Translation
LORD, you have examined me and you know me.

International Standard Version
LORD, you have examined me; you have known me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.

Literal Standard Version
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.

Majority Standard Bible
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

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

NET Bible
For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know.

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

New Heart English Bible
[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.] LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.

Webster's Bible Translation
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

World English Bible
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

Young's Literal Translation
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.…

Cross References
Romans 8:27
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Revelation 2:23
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Genesis 3:8
Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 16:13
So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen the One who sees me!"

2 Kings 19:27
But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

Job 14:16
For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.

Psalm 17:3
You 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.


Treasury of Scripture

O lord, you have searched me, and known me.

A.

thou hast

Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

Psalm 11:4,5
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men…

Psalm 17:3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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(1) Searched . . .--Comp. Psalm 44:21, "shall not God search this out." The word is used of mining operations, Job 28:3; of exploring a country, Judges 18:2.

Verse 1. - O Lord, thou hast searched me; rather, hast searched me out; i.e. examined into all my thoughts and feelings (comp. Psalm 17:3). And known me; i.e. arrived at a full knowledge of my spiritual condition.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For the choirmaster.
לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ (lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent

A Psalm
מִזְמ֑וֹר (miz·mō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4210: Instrumental music, a poem set to notes

of David.
לְדָוִ֣ד (lə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

O LORD,
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

You have searched me
חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִי (ḥă·qar·ta·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 2713: To penetrate, to examine intimately

and known me.
וַתֵּדָֽע׃ (wat·tê·ḏā‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3045: To know


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