In Psalm 139 the opening two verses say: ‘O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.’ – David (the author) acknowledges that God sees, God hears, God knows. We can’t hide from God, not even our thoughts. And so in the last two verses of the same psalm David wants to confess his sin and receive forgiveness. He wants nothing to stand in the way of his relationship with God and so he prays: ‘Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.’

In Psalm 139 the opening two verses say: ‘O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.’ – David (the author) acknowledges that God sees, God hears, God knows. We can’t hide from God, not even our thoughts. And so in the last two verses of the same psalm David wants to confess his sin and receive forgiveness. He wants nothing to stand in the way of his relationship with God and so he prays: ‘Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting.’