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Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
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Commentators note a powerful shift in the psalm. It begins by stating a fact: "O Lord, you have searched me" (v. 1). Here, the psalmist turns that theological truth into a personal prayer: "Search me, O God." This shows a desire to not just acknowledge God's omniscience, but to actively invite His examination into one's own heart for the purpose of purification and intimacy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Search me, O God - The word “search” here is the same as in (Psalms 139:1). See the notes at that verse. The psalmist h…
19th Century
Anglican
Search. —The same word with which the psalm opens. The inevitable scrutiny of the Divine Being is invited.
Thoughts.…
Baptist
Try me, and know my thoughts:
"I cannot hide them from you, and would not if I could."
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16th Century
Protestant
Search me, O God! He insists on this as being the only reason he opposed the despisers of God: that he himself was a genuine worshipper of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Search me, O God, and know my heart He had searched him, and knew his heart thoroughly;
try me, a…
God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are profound, such that they cannot be fully known. We cannot comprehend how many mercies we have rece…
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