For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.
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… Not that. I'm talking about who really knows you. David was able to pin this in such an amazing way in Psalms 139 verse 1 through 14 And I want you to see this because I really need you to know only God can fix you because only God truly knows me David writes, oh lord You've examined my heart and know everything about me You know when I sit down, you know when I stand up, you know my thoughts watch this even when I'm far away This is so encouraging for me because some of you are in here and you're new to faith And you barely just came today because the person that your friends with told you to come and you may not be close to God, you may not believe at all. But all I want you to know is your creator still knows your thoughts and he knows you even if you're far away. And this is the thing about our God is he doesn't want to be disconnected from you. …
… You heard it in our first reading when the psalmist writes, where can I go from your spirit or where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. In other words, even in the place of the dead, God is there. Now think about the difference between the word grave, which is literally the place of the dead, and the word hell, which is something else altogether. And you get some of the sense for the way biblical interpretation can shape or misshape our understanding of something so consequential. Now you might be thinking, the New Testament was written in Greek, not Hebrew, which is true. And so the term Sheol, place of the dead, has become Hades. At the time when the New Testament was written, the Greek empire had enormous influence in that part of the world, imposing their language and mythology for whom Hades was the God who ruled over the underworld. …
… Lord's Day 10. We start with this familiar Psalm 139, a Psalm of David. It is a psalm that exalts in God's omniscience, in His immensity, and in His sovereignty. We read in the first six verses, O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up, You discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways, even before a word is on my tongue. Behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in behind and before and lay your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high. I cannot attain it. This is David's way of saying, O Lord, where I am, what I think, and what I say, you know all of it. even before I'm there, even before I think it, even before the word is formed on my tongue, such is your omniscience, your all-knowing. We continue, verse 7, where shall I go from your spirit or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there. …