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Psalms 139:1 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 139:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:16 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ֭/מְנַצֵּחַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לְ/דָוִ֣דlədāwid
of DavidpronH1732
מִזְמ֑וֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
יְהוָ֥הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗/נִיḥăqarətaniy
you have examined meverbH2713
search · seek · sound · try
וַ/תֵּדָֽעwatēdāʿ
and you have known meconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 139:1

1. ...Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He makes Himself one with us; as it is said, “they two shall be one flesh.” Wherefore also the Lord says in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, “therefore they are no more two, but one flesh.” One flesh, because of our mortality He took flesh; not one divinity, for He is the Creator, we the creature. Whatsoever then our Lord speaks in the person of the Flesh He took upon…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 139 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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