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Verse Psalms 139:17. _HOW PRECIOUS ALSO ARE THY THOUGHTS_] רעיך
_reeycha_, thy _cogitations_; a _Chaldaism_, as before.
_HOW GREAT IS THE SUM OF THEM!_] מה עצמו ראשיהם _mah
atsemu_ _rasheyhem; How s...
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HOW PRECIOUS ALSO ARE THY THOUGHTS UNTO ME, O GOD! - On the word
“thoughts,” see the notes at Psalms 139:2. Compare Psalms 139:23.
The remark is made here doubtless in view of the numberless
“thoughts...
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Psalms 139
In the Divine Presence
_ 1. His omniscience (Psalms 139:1)_
2. His omnipresence (Psalms 139:7)
3. Praising Him ...
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CXXXIX. GOD IS EVERYWHERE: HE KNOWS EVERYTHING OH THAT HE WOULD
DESTROY THE WICKED. This Ps. is among the most spiritual productions
of the OT. It deals with the mystery of Divine providence, a theme...
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HOW PRECIOUS. Figure of speech _Ecphonesis._ App-6. See note on 1
Samuel 3:1.
THOUGHTS. desires. See Psalms 139:2.
GOD. Hebrew El. App-4.
SUM. Hebrew, plural of majesty, denoting the fullness or va...
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God must know the Psalmist perfectly, for He ordered the first
beginnings of his life, and foresaw all his destiny....
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To me then, who am the object of all this care, _how precious are thy
thoughts, O God_! It is my delight to meditate upon the purposes of
Thy Providence. How vast are the sums of them! There are, as i...
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DISCOURSE: 735
A CHRISTIAN’S DELIGHT IN GOD
Psalms 139:17. _How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how
great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in
number than the s...
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HOW PRECIOUS, &C.— This expresses the zeal and affection that he had
for God. "As thou hast taken such care of me, so are the thoughts of
thee precious to me above all things." The turn of the sentenc...
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PSALMS 139
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
An Individual submits Himself to Jehovah's All-Searching Eye.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 139:1-6, Jehovah's Knowledge considered as Taking
into View every Form of Human...
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One of the very greatest of the Pss. No grander tribute has ever been
paid to the omniscience and omnipresence of God. The Ps. is ascribed
to David, but the Hebrew is decisive in favour of a date very...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING
PSALMS 139
Jesus said, "Your Father (God) knows how many hairs there are on your
head!" ...
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PRECIOUS. — Rather, _weighty,_ the first meaning of the word. The
parallelism requires this, as also the peculiar word for
“thoughts,” for which see Psalms 139:2. We have here the
antithesis to that v...
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וְ לִ֗י מַה ־יָּקְר֣וּ רֵעֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑ל
מֶ֥ה
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Psalms 139:1
THIS is the noblest utterance in the Psalter of pure contemplative
theism, animated and not crushed by the thought of God's omniscience
and omnipresence. No less striking than the unequal...
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GOD'S THOUGHTS AND OURS
Psalms 139:14
_ God's creative power,_ Psalms 139:14. The psalmist goes back to the
beginning of life and describes the weaving of our physical nature.
Here we may discover a...
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The conception of intimate personal relation between God and man is
perhaps more remarkably and forcefully dealt with in this song than in
any other in the whole collection.
The great facts are first...
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How (m) precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is
the sum of them!
(m) How should we esteem the excellent declaration of your wisdom in
the creation of man?...
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Under the idea that we may consider what is said before in this Psalm
as spoken in the person of Christ, how blessed are the expressions in
these verses! When Jesus, as the Head of his church, contemp...
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17._How precious also are thy thoughts unto me _It is the same Hebrew
word, רעה, _reah, _which is used here as in the second verse, and
means _thought, _not _companion _or _friend, _as many have rende...
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Psalms 139 shows the complete exercise of heart that belongs to God's
ways. Though the faithfulness of God perfects all His purposed
blessing, not a thought escapes God. There is, morally speaking, no...
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HOW PRECIOUS ALSO ARE THY THOUGHTS UNTO ME, O GOD!.... The word r
signifies that which is scarce and rare, and not to be attained and
enjoyed; see 1 Samuel 3:1; the thoughts and counsels of God are
im...
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How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the
sum of them!
Ver. 17. _How precious also are thy thouyhts unto me_] _i.e._ The
thoughts of thy wisdom, power, and goodness, clearly...
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_How precious also_, &c. “From the wonders of God's forming hand,
the psalmist proceeds to those of his all-directing providence, which
afford additional proofs of the divine omniscience and
omniprese...
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17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as
cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received
from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all...
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THY THOUGHTS: _thy_ is taken either,
1. Passively, my thoughts of thee; or rather,
2. Actively, _thy thoughts_, counsels, or contrivances on my behalf,
which are admirable and amiable in mine eyes. T...
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Psalms 139:17 precious H3365 (H8804) thoughts H7454 God H410 great
H6105 (H8804) sum H7218
precious -...
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Psalms 139:1. _O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me._
God does not need to «search» us, for that implies a want of
knowledge, a knowledge obtained by search. But the meaning of the text
is, th...
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Psalms 139:1. _O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me._
«Thou hast explored me, as men dig in mines, and make subterranean
excavations. Thou hast searched into my secret parts, and known me.»
P...
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May the all-seeing God, of whom this Psalm speaks, look down upon us
and bless us richly while we read it!
Psalms 139:1. _O LORD thou hast searched me, and known me._
«Known me perfectly, far better...
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In this Psalm, David praises God by specially dwelling upon the one
attribute of omniscience. If we really wish to praise God, we must
think of him as he is, and it is the best praise that we can rend...
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This is a Psalm we can never read too often. It will be to us one of
the greatest safeguards against sin if we have its teaching constantly
before our mind's eye, and the teaching of this Psalm is sim...
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CONTENTS: Meditation upon the doctrines of God's omniscience and
omnipresence.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The God with whom we have to do has a perfect knowledge of
us and all the motions a...
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This psalm is entitled, a _psalm of David._ All the Versions agree
with the Hebrew in this. It must be regarded as one of the sublimest
representations of the Divinity, and particularly with regard to...
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_How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God._
THOUGHTS OF GOD
The sense of God’s nearness brings thoughts of God. The devout soul
cherishes these thoughts, and they become to it a joy unspeak...
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_For Thou hast possessed my reins: Thou hast covered me in my
mother’s womb._
GOD AS THE CREATOR OF MAN
I. He created man, who is a wonder to man’s self (verses 13, 14).
II. He created man, who come...
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_O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me._
GOD’S EXHAUSTIVE KNOWLEDGE OF MAN
This lyric has always been the subject of praise. Aben Ezra said there
was none like it in the five books. Lord Brough...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 139:1. The closing request of this hymn
(“search me, O God, and know my heart”) echoes the opening
statement. This highlights the psalm’s theme: God’s knowledge of
his peopl...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 139:17 These verses provide the right response
to the vast extent of God’s THOUGHTS. Verse Psalms 139:18 seems to
picture the hopelessne
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INTRODUCTION
“Nowhere,” says Perowne, “are the great attributes of God—His
omniscience, His omnipresence, His omnipotence, set forth so
strikingly as they are in this magnificent Psalm. Nowhere is the...
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EXPOSITION
A song of praise to God for his omniscience, his omnipresence, and his
marvelous powers, ending with a prayer for the destruction of the
wicked, and for the purifying from evil of the psalm...
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Psa 139:1-24, another psalm of David to the chief musician. As David
offers this prayer really unto God, declaring, first of all,
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me (Psalms 139:1).
Recogniz...
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Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 3:9; Isaiah 55:8; Isaiah 55:9; Jeremiah 29:1
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THOU GOD SEEST ME
_Selections from Psalms 139:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The world today needs a new vision of the Deity of Christ. Our Lord
Jesus has been dragged down from His place of authority and p...
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Thoughts — Thy counsels on my behalf. Thou didst not only form me at
first, but ever since my conception and birth, thy thoughts have been
employed for me....