You have searched me and known me: David prayed to Yahweh, understanding that He had personal knowledge of him. You comprehend my path and my lying down,īut behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.Ī. You know my sitting down and my rising up O LORD, You have searched me and known me. “Let the modern wits, after this, look upon the honest shepherds of Palestine as a company of rude and unpolished clowns let them, if they can, produce from profane authors thoughts that are more sublime, more delicate, or better turned not to mention the sound divinity and solid piety which are apparent under these expressions.” (Claude Fleury, cited in Charles Spurgeon) A.

The Chief Musician is thought by some to be the LORD God Himself, and others suppose him to be a leader of choirs or musicians in David’s time, such as Heman the singer or Asaph (1 Chronicles 6:33, 16:4-7, and 25:6).

It does not surprise us that such a significant psalm came from David’s pen, who was “the sweet psalmist of Israel” (2 Samuel 23:1). This magnificent psalm is titled For the Chief Musician. Psalm 139 – Praise and Prayer to the God Who Knows All and Is Everywhere

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