139:10). See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” Gordon Churchyard. Revised Standard Version mg., New English Bible); but the majority of translators would appear to be right in rendering them the way everlasting, in contrast to the way of the wicked which will perish.” (Kidner), (c) 2020 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik – ewm@enduringword.com. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Your Spirit?…. It is easy to mock God, by asking him to search you whilst you have made but little effort to search yourselves, and perhaps still less to act upon the result of the scrutiny.” (Melvill, cited in Spurgeon). It is more profitable to meditate on Divine truths, applying them to our own cases, and with hearts lifted to God in prayer, than with a curious or disputing frame of mind. “You know that people are very proud if a king has merely looked at them; I have heard of a man who used to boast, all his life, that King George IV. d. Lead me in the way everlasting: David ended this majestic psalm by declaring his destination – the way everlasting. You can check these in your browser security settings. 1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. The thoughts about the greatness of God’s love “…are like a dream; but, unlike a dream, God’s love is real. David’s adoration filled him with zeal for God’s honor. i. i. Skillfully wrought: “Hebrew embroidered; exquisitely composed of bones, and muscles, and sinews, and veins, and arteries, and other parts, all framed with such wonderful skill, that even heathens, upon the contemplation of all the parts of man’s body, and how excellently they were framed, both for beauty and use, have broken forth into pangs of admiration and adoration of the Creator of man.” (Poole). ii. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. There is not a vain word, not a good word, but thou knowest from what thought it came, and with what design it was uttered. God knows our words before we speak them, and there is nothing of us hidden from the all-knowing God. The way of godliness is pleasing to God, and profitable to us; and will end in everlasting life. Long before God “fearfully and wonderfully made” you, he knew what you would be like and what you would do. The grave cannot separate his body from the love of his Saviour, who will raise it a glorious body. Psalm 139:23-24. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. i. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. 32:titlewhen he was in the cave.I cry out to the Lord with my voice;With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication. i. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. i. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. b. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: David the son of Jesse was a remarkable man. It is entirely possible for a person to be too loving, and it corrupts his claimed love for God. b. Psalm 9 – God Remembers, Man Forgets. You know my sitting down and my rising up: David used this proverbial phrase to say that God knew everything about him, even the most everyday things. Psalms 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered. He only said, ‘Get out of the road;’ but it was a king who said it, so the man felt greatly gratified thereby. Psalms 23:1-6 KJV Easy-Print Commentary. Yet while we shun them we should pray for them; with God their conversion and salvation are possible. Psalms 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. i. c. When I awake, I am still with You: Day or night, David thought of God because he knew the greatness of God’s thoughts to him. And see if there is any wicked way in me, O LORD, You have searched me and known me.You know my sitting down and my rising up;You understand my thought afar off.You comprehend my path and my lying down,And are acquainted with all my ways.For there is not a word on my tongue,But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.You have hedged me behind and before,And laid Your hand upon me.Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;It is high, I cannot attain it.a. I cannot so much as take a seat, or leave it, without being marked by thee.” (Clarke), ii. The darkness and the light are both alike to You. It also extended to the future, and God knew David’s days as if they had been written in a book. Thoughts of our pardon, renewal, upholding, supplying, educating, perfecting, and a thousand more kinds perpetually well up in the mind of the Most High.” (Spurgeon), ii. As Jesus would later say, God knows the number of hairs on our head (Matthew 10:30). It is a clear and judicious explanation of the text, and cannot be dispensed with. When as yet there were none of them. “Light flies with inconceivable rapidity, and it flashes far afield beyond all human ken; it illuminates the great and wide sea, and sets its waves gleaming afar; but its speed would utterly fail if employed in flying from the Lord.” (Spurgeon). i. Even there Your hand shall lead me, If I ascend into heaven, You are there; David knew that he could not know his heart at its depths, so he asked God to know it. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Words in boxes are from the Bible. King James Version. “The presence of God’s glory is in heaven; the presence of his power on earth; the presence of his justice in hell; and the presence of his grace with his people.” (Mason, cited in Spurgeon). i. Ps. b. This is the God we love! 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. This magnificent psalm is titled For the Chief Musician.A Psalm of David.It does not surprise us that such a significant psalm came from David’s pen, who was “the sweet psalmist of Israel” (2 Samuel 23:1). This is another demonstration of his perfect knowledge and care. A Plea for Relief from PersecutorsA #Ps. Pray that God will give you a heart to understand and claim Psalm 139, and that it will bring complete joy to your life. Psalm 139 is the 139th psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. “Any small thoughts that we may have of God are magnificently transcended by this psalm; yet for all its height and depth it remains intensely personal from first to last.” (Kidner), ii. “Here he argueth God’s omniscience from his omnipresence.” (Trapp), ii. Psalm 139. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. JOSEPH A ALEXANDER Psalms Commentary (1864) Spurgeon had high praise for Alexander's work writing that it "Occupies a first place among expositions. JOSEPH A ALEXANDER Psalms Commentary (1864) Spurgeon had high praise for Alexander's work writing that it "Occupies a first place among expositions. ii. God hears every word we speak. c. See if there is any wicked way in me: David opened his soul completely before God, asking if there were any unknown or unperceived sins. The days fashioned for me, And in Your book they all were written, Sin is hated, and sinners lamented, by all who fear the Lord. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. f. Even the night shall be light about me: God’s presence with David was like a constant light in the darkness. My most secret thoughts and intentions, and the innermost recesses of my soul, are subject to thy control. 13. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. Should the persecutor take his life, his soul will the sooner ascend to heaven. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. Try it for 30 days FREE. (Spurgeon, C. H. Lectures to my Students: Commenting and Commentaries)Rosscup adds: This is one of the more thorough older exegetical works on the Hebrew … “He is not alarmed at the fact that God knows all about him; on the contrary, he is comforted, and even feels himself to be enriched, as with a casket of precious jewels. To the tune of “Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. Psalms chapter 139 KJV (King James Version) 1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) If I take the wings of the morning, These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. © 2021 Christianity.com. 32:titlewhen he was in the cave.I cry out to the Lord with my voice;With my voice to the Lord I make my supplication. if there be any wicked way in me, let me see it; and do thou root it out of me. No disguise can save any person or action from being seen in the true light by him. (1-6) He is every where present. Psalms 139:4 Context. For thou hast possessed my reins] The seat of mine affections. O LORD, You have searched me and known [me]. 139:6 with the next paragraph. 5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. c. If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there: David did not describe what we normally think of as hell – Gehenna (Matthew 10:28 and 18:9), the lake of fire (Revelation 20:14-15). i. David went against a spirit also evident in our day – against the idea that we can love God without hating evil. i. To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Psalm 139:1-10 New King James Version (NKJV) God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man For the Chief Musician. “The piety and charity which are patiently endured in the field, and on the bed of sickness; the misery and torment inflicted by persecution in the mines, the galleys, and the dungeons; all are under the inspection of Jehovah, and are noted down by him against the day of recompense.” (Horne). God who sees all evil will slay all evil.” (Spurgeon), iii. The singer would weigh God’s thoughts towards him, and finds that they weigh down his scales.” (Maclaren), ii. Such anxieties could be evidence of unbelief or misplaced trust. For they speak against You wickedly; Psalm 139:13 Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament The fact that man is manifest to God even to the very bottom of his nature, and … It is easier to glow with indignation against evildoers than to keep oneself from doing evil. “Thou art in heaven, in thy glory; in hell, in thy vindictive justice; and in all parts of earth, water, space, place, or vacuity, by thy omnipresence.” (Clarke). ii. This showed how much he cared for holiness in his life, and how humble he was in recognizing that there could be an unperceived wicked way in himself. 3 You search out my path and my lying down. i. Psalm 139 Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart. 139 O L ord, you have p searched me and known me! 3 d You 1 comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. i. Psalms 139:5 Context. God knows all things. Ver. 1 O LORD, a You have searched me and known me. Others insist the psalm is a prayer of an unjustly accused person, given the final strophe, while some have suggested it is a complaint uttered by a psalmist in the midst of hostility.Others still highlight the wisdom themes present and prefer a “meditation” or “wisdom meditation” label. “Darkness is light to Him, and has no hiding place from Him.” (Morgan). How should we then delight to meditate on God's love to sinners in Jesus Christ, the sum of which exceeds all reckoning! He is the One who knows all things. 4 … There has been considerable debate about the precise genre of this psalm. 7 gWhere can I go from Your Spirit? 1 (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) It is personal and active.” (Kidner). We desire to go in the way everlasting – the way of eternal life; the way which we shall never need to retrace; the way that touches the deepest life possible to the creature.” (Meyer), ii. You have searched me and known me: David prayed to Yahweh, understanding … We sometimes reject what God and His word say about us and our condition; we should recognize that He knows us better than we know ourselves. We have to ask God to do the same thing in our lives, especially during the time before Passover.Human nature is blind to problems in our character, so we have to ask God to show us the things that we cannot see. How precious: “The root meaning of the word rendered ‘precious’ is weighty. In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach. Search me, O God, and know my heart: David came to the God of perfect knowledge and constant presence knowing He was also a God of love, and could be trusted to search him and to know him at the deepest levels. and are acquainted with all my ways. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. 5 139:6 with the next paragraph. It is sure that they are so to God when first formed in the womb.”. In fact, God’s right hand – His hand of skill and strength – would hold David no matter what may come. 35:8Contemplation of David. All Rights Reserved. Such knowledge not only surpasses my comprehension, but even my imagination.” (Spurgeon). Wherever we are, we are under the eye and hand of God. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. In Psalm 139 David acknowledges, in great wonder and awe, God's omniscient care in guiding his life and expresses his solidarity with God against the wicked. Light itself can not outrun God’s presence and knowledge. If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand: David used a powerful image to illustrate the idea of how often God thinks of us. I can hardly endure to think of it. Try me, and know my anxieties: David wanted God to examine him and look for worry. Commentary on Psalm 139. Each person has existed in the mind of God eternally. What shall we not say of that new birth which is even more mysterious than the first, and exhibits even more the love and wisdom of the Lord.” (Spurgeon). Those who claim to be disciples of Jesus Christ, yet use profanity or impurity of speech, should remember that God hears and knows every word. As the pillar of cloud illuminated Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 13:21), so with God’s presence the night shines as the day. Ps. There has been considerable debate about the precise genre of this psalm. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. 2 b You know my sitting down and my rising up; You c understand my thought afar off. An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word vocabulary) on Psalm 139. www.easyenglish.bible. The process of a baby’s formation in a mother’s womb has always been as unseen and mysterious as that which happens in the lowest parts of the earth. What has been already said of deeds and thoughts is now extended to "words." The Hebrew word here is sheol, which normally has the sense of the grave or by implication the afterlife. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Psalm 139 EXEGESIS: SUPERSCRIPTION: For the Chief Musician. (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) This was not the hand of oppression, but the hand of grace. Try me, and know my anxieties; “Divine knowledge is perfect, since not a single word is unknown, nay, not even an unspoken word, and each one is ‘altogether’ or wholly known.” (Spurgeon). e. Even there Your hand shall lead me: David was so assured of the constant presence of God’s hand of love and care that not even death and the grave could separate him from God’s love – as Paul would later write in Romans 8:38-39. International Bible Lesson “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. We may request cookies to be set on your device. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. “This statement of omniscience is characteristically vivid and concrete: not formulated as a doctrine but, as befits a psalm, confessed in adoration. a. Psalm 139 Commentary: God’s Pervasive Presence, Intimate Knowledge, and Faithful Comfort. Notice that the topic in Psalms 139:15-16 was David's forming body while hidden in the womb. i. Ephesians 2:10). Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? i. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. A psalm. ii. 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