Sept. 9, 2025
God Knows Me; God Is with Me
Tech companies today have all kinds of ambitious plans for collecting data—but they are no match to the reality of God’s comprehensive knowledge of everyone, everything, and everywhere! God knows your every thought, action, and whereabouts. Is that knowledge “too wonderful” to you, as it was for David? Alistair Begg leads us through the first twelve verses of Psalm 139 and the comfort they provide, reminding us that God knows us intimately and is with us constantly.
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, you have psearched me and known me!
2You qknow when I sit down and when I rise up;
you rdiscern my thoughts from afar.
3You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, syou know it altogether.
5You them me in, behind and before,
and ulay your hand upon me.
6vSuch knowledge is wtoo wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
7xWhere shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where yshall I flee from your presence?
8zIf I ascend to heaven, you are there!
aIf I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10even there your hand shall blead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, c“Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12deven the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
Copyright © 2026, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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