- Is the Psalmist restive at “God examining and knowing him”?
- Is there anything that God does not know about the individual (Psalms 139:4-5)?
- Would Psalms 139:7-11 imply that the Psalmist wishes to “escape” or only that God’s awareness and concern are omnipresent?
- Would Psalms 139:13 imply “determinism” — especially since the word that is translated “conscience” could be understood in a physiological sense, as the note JPS indicates?
- Having described himself, his reliance on God, and God’s perpetual concern and awareness, to what does the Psalmist now turn in Psalms 139:19?
- Finally, what is the concluding refrain of the Psalmist and what does he ask for if he is “doing anything wrong”?
