Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Holman Bible

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, You have searched me and known me.

International Standard Version

LORD, you have examined me; you have known me.

A Conservative Version

O LORD, thou have searched me, and known.

American Standard Version

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me .

Amplified

O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

Darby Translation

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Julia Smith Translation

To the overseer, to David a chanting. O Jehovah thou didst search me, and thou wilt know.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

O Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know [me].

Modern King James verseion

To the Chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, You have searched me and have known me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} O LORD, thou searchest me out, and knowest me.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.

The Emphasized Bible

O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:

Webster

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

World English Bible

Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

Youngs Literal Translation

To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 139:1

Images Psalm 139:1

Context Readings

A Thankful Heart

1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up. You understand my thought from afar.

Cross References

Psalm 17:3

You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have decided that my mouth will not sin.

Jeremiah 12:3

But, you know me, Jehovah. You see what I do and how in my heart I love you. Drag them away like sheep to be butchered. Guard them until it is time for them to be slaughtered.

Psalm 44:21

would God not find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts?

1 Kings 8:39

hear their prayer. Listen to them in your home in heaven, help them and forgive them. You alone know the thoughts of the human heart. Deal with each person, as he deserves,

1 Chronicles 28:9

You my son Solomon, learn to know your father's God. Serve Jehovah wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought we have. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. On the other hand if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.

Jeremiah 17:9-10

The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately corrupt. Who can understand it?

Psalm 139:23

Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious (troubled) (painful) (disturbing) thoughts.

John 21:17

The third time Jesus said to him: Simon, son of John, do you have affection for me? Peter was grieved. Because he said to him the third time, do you have affection for me? Peter replied: Lord, you know all things; you know I have affection for you! Jesus said to him: Feed my sheep.

Hebrews 4:13

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. All things are uncovered and laid bare before him. We must account to him. (Romans 2:16; 14:12)

Revelation 2:23

I will kill her children with deadly plague. Then all the congregations will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds. I will reward each of you for what you have done.

Psalm 11:4-5

Jehovah is in his holy temple. Jehovah's throne is in heaven. His eyes see. They examine the sons of men.

Revelation 2:18

To the angel of the congregation in Thyatira write: This is the message from the Son of God, whose eyes blaze like fire, whose feet shine like polished brass.

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