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EVEN THERE SHALL THY HAND LEAD ME - I shall find thee there; thy hand
would be upon me; I should not have gone from thy presence.
AND THY RIGHT HAND SHALL HOLD ME - Still hold me; still be laid upon
m...
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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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RIGHT HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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God is everywhere present: man cannot escape or hide himself....
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The thought in this context is not primarily that wherever he goes
God's providential care accompanies him, but that there is no place in
the universe where he can escape from the control and authorit...
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DISCOURSE: 734
THE OMNIPRESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE OF GOD
Psalms 139:1. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou
knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my
thought afar of...
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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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If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea;
IF I TAKE THE WINGS OF THE MORNING, AND DWELL IN THE UTTERMOST PARTS
OF THE SEA - a poetic phrase to express the ins...
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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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EVEN THERE... — The expressions “lead me,” “hold me,” are
elsewhere used of the protecting and guiding providence of God (Psalms
5:8; Psalms 23:3; Psalms 27:11;...
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גַּם ־שָׁ֭ם יָדְךָ֣ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְֽ
תֹאחֲזֵ֥נִי...
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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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THE ALL-SEEING GOD
Psalms 139:1
The psalmist speaks as if there were only two beings in the
universe-God and himself. In all literature there is no nobler
conception of the divine attributes.
_ God'...
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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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Even there shall thy hand (f) lead me, and thy right hand shall hold
me.
(f) Your power holds me so fast that there is no way I can escape from
you....
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_Head. Hebrew also, "poison," (Berthier) or "sum" of their mischievous
devices. (Worthington) --- Labour, or punishment. (Calmet) --- Their
subtle persuasions shall turn to their ruin. (Worthington)_...
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I would not make a chasm in the reading of these verses, because the
latter of them, according to my view, throw a light upon the former.
It may, no doubt, be truly said by David, and by every man lik...
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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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EVEN THERE SHALL THY HAND LEAD ME,.... For he could not get there with
all the assistance of the wings of the morning, could they be had,
without the leadings of divine Providence; and when there, bei...
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_Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?_ From thy knowledge and
observation; or, from thee who art a Spirit? _Whither shall I flee
from thy presence?_ I can go nowhere but thou art there, observing and
j...
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7-16 We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not
desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant
corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy
r...
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I could neither go thither without thy conduct, nor subsist there
without thy powerful support, and much less could I go out of try
sight; for a man may see many things which, are out of his power....
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Psalms 139:10 hand H3027 lead H5148 (H8686) hand H3225 hold H270
(H8799)
Psalms 63:8,...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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_If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea._
CHRISTIANITY THE UNIVERSAL RELIGION
The traveller who passes from one quarter of the globe to another
feels that the...
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_Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit?_
THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD
I. Lay down some positions.
1. God is intimately and essentially in all parts and places of the
world. One of the heathen, being asked t...
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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 139:7 The next section makes it clear that
there is no way the singer can escape such knowledge. There is nowhere
in the universe that God will not be present to LEAD and HOLD the...
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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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Isaiah 41:13; Psalms 143:10; Psalms 143:9; Psalms 63:8; Psalms 73:23
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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...