Psalms 139:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
139:1. He invokes in adoration Jehovah, the all-knowing God, and he proceeds to adore him by proclaiming one of his especial attributes. If we would praise God aright we must draw the matter of our praise from himself—thou hast. The Lord knows all things as a matter of course, and not by any effort on his part. He knows us as thoroughly as if he had examined us minutely, and had pried into the most secret corners of our being. Note how the psalmist makes his knowledge personal: he does not say, “O God, thou knowest all things,” but, thou … hast known me. It is wisdom to lay truth home to ourselves.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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