Back Псалом 138 Byelorussian Žalm 139 Czech Psalm 139 German Psaume 139 (138) French תהילים קל"ט HE Mazmur 139 ID Salmo 139 Italian 시편 139편 Korean Psalm 139 Dutch Si-phian 139 ZH-MIN-NAN
| Psalm 139 | |
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| "O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me" | |
| Hymn psalm | |
_-_20359193_-_RCE.jpg) A 1983 stained-glass window by Ted Felen titled Psalm 139 | |
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Psalm 139 is the 139th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me". In Latin, it is known as "Domine probasti me et cognovisti me".[1] The psalm is a hymn psalm. Attributed to David, it is known for its affirmation of God's omnipresence. Alexander Kirkpatrick states that "the consciousness of the intimate personal relation between God and man which is characteristic of the whole Psalter reaches its climax here".[2]
In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and in the Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 138.
The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 138 (139) Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net
- ^ Kirkpatrick, A., Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Psalm 139, accessed 26 June 2022