John Trapp on Psalms 139:1

PSAL. CXXXIX.

A Pſalm of David] There is not in all the five books of Pſalms, ſo notable a one as this (ſaith Aben-Ezra concerning the wayes of God, and the workings of conſcience. It was penned, ſaith the Syriack Interpreter, upon occaſion of Shime[illegible: 1 letter] 's railing upon him for a bloody man, and a Belialiſt, 2 Sam. 16. Here therefore hee purgeth himſelf by an appeal to God; and delivereth up his falſe-accuſers to Gods juſt judgement, verſ. 19.

Verſ. 1 O Lord thou hast ſearched mee and known mee] Even mine heart and reins (Jer. 17.10.) haſt thou ſearched as with lights, (Zeph. 1.12.) by an exact ſcrutiny, by a ſoul-ſearching inquiſition; whereby thou art come to know mee thorough and thorough: Not only Mee naturall, as verſ. 15, 16. but alſo Mee civil and morall, as verſe 2.3, &c. neither ſtayeth thy knowledge in the porch or lobbies (my words and wayes) but paſſeth into the preſence, yea privy-Chamber: for