Psalms 139:1 (DBY)

Passage

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].

Nearby Context

Psalms 139:1 {To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].

Psalms 139:2 *Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;

Psalms 139:3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "chief", "musician", "psalm", "david", "jehovah", "thou", "hast", and "searched". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "chief" and "musician", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising...", so "chief" and "musician" should be read forward into that movement. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "chief" and "musician" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.