Psalms 139:23

Psalms 139:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
• New International Version (NIV)Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;

Context of Psalms 139:23

21O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you? 22Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

Psalms 139:23 word by word

חָקְרֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל וְדַ֣ע לְבָבִ֑י בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִי וְדַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Searchחָקַרchâqar · to searchH2713
• me, O Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• and knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• my heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• tryבָּחַןbâchan · to testH974
• my thoughtsשַׂרְעַפִּיםώar‛aph · anxietyH8312

Cross-references for Psalms 139:23

• Psalms 139:1O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
• Psalms 26:2Put me on trial, Lord, and cross-examine me. Test my motives and my heart.
• Deuteronomy 8:2Remember how the Lord your God led you through the wilderness for these forty years, humbling you and testing you to prove your character, and to find out whether or not you would obey his commands.
• Job 31:6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.
• Proverbs 17:3Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
• Zechariah 13:9I will bring that group through the fire and make them pure. I will refine them like silver and purify them like gold. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’”
• Malachi 3:2“But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.
• 1 Peter 1:7These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.

Commentaries on Psalms 139:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Search me, O God - The word “search” here is the same as in Psalm 139:1. See the notes at that verse. The psalmist had stated the fact that it is a characteristic of God that he “does” search the heart; and he here prays that God “would” exercise that power in relation to himself; that as God could know all that there is within the heart, he would examine him with the closest scrutiny, so that he might be under no delusion or self-deception; that he might…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members and senses, which are so…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24As the psalmist prays about the wicked, he also reflects on himself. He does not assume that he is righteous. This prayer has been spoken again and again by God’s people over many generations.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 139:23

• God Continued...
• Self-Examination

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Commentaries on Psalms 139

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings