--- title: "Psalms 139 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Psalms 139 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/139" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/139)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/139)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/139) Audio 1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known *me*. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted *with* all my ways.* 4 For *there is* not a word in my tongue, *but*, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 *Such* knowledge *is* too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot *attain* unto it. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou *art* there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou *art there*. 9 *If* I take the wings of the morning, *and* dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light *are* both alike *to thee*.** 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully *and* wonderfully made: marvellous *are* thy works; and *that* my soul knoweth right well.* 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, *and* curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.* 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all *my members* were written, *which* in continuance were fashioned, when *as yet there was* none of them.** 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 *If* I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, *and* thine enemies take *thy name* in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: 24 And see if *there be any* wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.* [Psalms 138](/study/psalms/138) [Psalms 140](/study/psalms/140) ## Commentary To verse 1 **thou hast:** [Psalms 139:23](/kjv/psalms/139/23), [Psalms 11:4](/kjv/psalms/11/4), [Psalms 11:5](/kjv/psalms/11/5), [Psalms 17:3](/kjv/psalms/17/3), [Psalms 44:21](/kjv/psalms/44/21), [1 Kings 8:39](/kjv/1-kings/8/39), [1 Chronicles 28:9](/kjv/1-chronicles/28/9), [Jeremiah 12:3](/kjv/jeremiah/12/3), [Jeremiah 17:9](/kjv/jeremiah/17/9), [Jeremiah 17:10](/kjv/jeremiah/17/10), [John 21:17](/kjv/john/21/17), [Hebrews 4:13](/kjv/hebrews/4/13), [Revelation 2:18](/kjv/revelation/2/18), [Revelation 2:23](/kjv/revelation/2/23) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 3:8](/kjv/genesis/3/8) - hid [Genesis 16:13](/kjv/genesis/16/13) - Thou [Genesis 18:21](/kjv/genesis/18/21) - I will know [Joshua 22:22](/kjv/joshua/22/22) - he knoweth [1 Samuel 20:12](/kjv/1-samuel/20/12) - O Lord [2 Samuel 7:20](/kjv/2-samuel/7/20) - knowest [2 Samuel 12:9](/kjv/2-samuel/12/9) - to do evil [1 Kings 14:5](/kjv/1-kings/14/5) - the Lord [2 Kings 6:12](/kjv/2-kings/6/12) - telleth [2 Kings 19:27](/kjv/2-kings/19/27) - I know [1 Chronicles 17:18](/kjv/1-chronicles/17/18) - thou knowest [2 Chronicles 32:31](/kjv/2-chronicles/32/31) - to try him [Job 10:7](/kjv/job/10/7) - Thou knowest [Job 10:14](/kjv/job/10/14) - then [Job 14:16](/kjv/job/14/16) - thou numberest [Job 22:14](/kjv/job/22/14) - *General* [Job 23:10](/kjv/job/23/10) - he knoweth [Job 31:4](/kjv/job/31/4) - *General* [Job 33:27](/kjv/job/33/27) - I have sinned [Psalms 1:6](/kjv/psalms/1/6) - knoweth [Psalms 7:9](/kjv/psalms/7/9) - for [Psalms 73:11](/kjv/psalms/73/11) - is there [Psalms 73:23](/kjv/psalms/73/23) - Nevertheless [Psalms 90:8](/kjv/psalms/90/8) - Thou [Psalms 94:9](/kjv/psalms/94/9) - hear [Proverbs 5:21](/kjv/proverbs/5/21) - *General* [Isaiah 29:15](/kjv/isaiah/29/15) - seek [Isaiah 48:8](/kjv/isaiah/48/8) - thine ear [Jeremiah 23:23](/kjv/jeremiah/23/23) - *General* [Obadiah 1:6](/kjv/obadiah/1/6) - are the [Matthew 6:4](/kjv/matthew/6/4) - seeth [Mark 9:33](/kjv/mark/9/33) - What [Luke 16:15](/kjv/luke/16/15) - God [Luke 19:5](/kjv/luke/19/5) - he looked [John 1:48](/kjv/john/1/48) - when [John 16:19](/kjv/john/16/19) - Jesus [Acts 15:8](/kjv/acts/15/8) - which [Acts 17:27](/kjv/acts/17/27) - he be [1 Corinthians 8:3](/kjv/1-corinthians/8/3) - is [1 Thessalonians 2:4](/kjv/1-thessalonians/2/4) - but God [1 John 3:20](/kjv/1-john/3/20) - and ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/139#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/139#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/139","name":"Psalms 139 - 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