Psalm 139

Being fully known by God, and it's not frightening; it's wonderful. He knows my sitting and rising, my words before I speak, and there's nowhere I can go, heaven or Sheol or the farthest sea, where His hand isn't holding me. Darkness doesn't hide anything from Him. He knit me in the womb, and I'm "fearfully and wonderfully made." That's the deepest ground for right love of self: you're God's careful work. The hatred in verses 19-22 is honest, and then David immediately turns the search light on himself: "Search me... see if there is any offensive way in me." No hiding, as in Genesis 3, but this time it's safe to be seen.

"I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well." (Psalm 139:14)

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns." (Psalm 139:23)

Versions/Hebrew: In 139:14, "I praise You" is odecha, from yadah [3034] again, and "wonderfully made" is nifleiti [6395], I am set apart or distinguished (YLT "with wonders I have been distinguished"). In 139:23, "my concerns" is sar'appai [8312], the same rare word as the "anxiety" of 94:19. David invites God into his anxious, branching thoughts.