Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Psalm 139 (résumé): O Lord, you have searched me

Psalm 139 is a Davidic meditation on the omniscience, omnipresence and omnipotence of God. First of all David considers how God knows what we are going to say before we say it. ("Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely") Then he focuses on God's all invasive presence and that no matter where we go God is already there. Then David points to God's amazing work in creating man who is "fearfully and wonderfully made", and he says that "all the days ordained for me" were  pre-written in God's book. David closes the psalm praying for sanctification and holiness saying "search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know me".

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