Psalms 139:1-4

O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 139

10 songs meet this passage

  • “You knew just where to find me”

    Releaser · Kid Cudi

    resonates with Psalms 139:1-4

    The song's sense of being fully known and located mirrors the psalmist's wonder at being searched out completely.

  • “Nobody's watchin' me, livin' in make believe”

    Salt Water · Kid Cudi

    strains against Psalms 139:1-4

    Where the song finds freedom in being unseen, Scripture reminds that we are always fully known and watched over by God, a different kind of freedom.

  • “Somebody's watching me, it's my anxiety”

    Anxiety · Doechii

    strains against Psalms 139:1-4

    Scripture frames being known and watched by God as comfort; here the sense of being watched is only paranoia, offering no comfort.

  • “But you still don't notice me”

    MILLION DOLLAR BABY · Tommy Richman

    strains against Psalms 139:1-4

    The ache to be seen by another person stands in contrast to the deeper truth that the singer is already fully known by God, whether or not people notice.

  • “God was shining on me”

    MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) · Lil Nas X

    strains against Psalms 139:1-4

    The song claims divine favor in a moment of self-described excess and envy; the Psalm's picture of a God who fully knows the heart stands in tension with that casual claim.

  • “God only knows what you've been through”

    God Only Knows · for KING & COUNTRY

    resonates with Psalms 139:1-4

    Affirms that God fully knows a person's history and inner life before any word is spoken.

  • “I need a place where I feel known”

    YOUR WAY'S BETTER · Forrest Frank

    resonates with Psalms 139:1-4

    The longing to be truly known finds its answer in God's intimate knowledge of the psalmist.

  • Losing My Religion · R.E.M.

    resonates with Psalms 139:1-4

    The song's ache of being fully seen and exposed mirrors the Psalmist's recognition that he is known completely, even in his most private thoughts.

  • Reflection · Christina Aguilera

    resonates with Psalms 139:1-4

    The song aches to be truly known from the inside out. Psalm 139 opens with exactly that reality: God already sees past every mask to who we actually are, which is the answer to the longing Reflection voices.

  • Shape of My Heart · Sting

    resonates with Psalms 139:1-4

    The longing to be truly known beneath a single mask resonates with the Psalmist's comfort that he is fully known, inside and out, by God.

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