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Verse Psalms 139:15. _MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE_] עצמי
_atsmi_, my _bones_ or _skeleton_.
_CURIOUSLY WROUGHT_] רקמתי _rukkamti_, embroidered, _made of_
_needlework_. These two words, says B...
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MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE - Thou didst see it; thou didst
understand it altogether, when it was hidden from the eyes of man. The
word “substance” is rendered in the margin, “strength” or
“bod...
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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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SUBSTANCE. frame. Hebrew. bone, as in Genesis 2:21; Genesis 2:22.
CURIOUSLY. skillfully. Hebrew. embroidered. Compare Exodus 26:1;
Exodus 35:35
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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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_my substance_ R.V. my frame, lit. _my bones_or _skeleton_.
_in secret_ i.e. in the womb (Psalms 139:13).
_curiously wrought_ i.e. fashioned with skill and care. (_Curious_=
Lat. _curiosus_, -wrought...
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CURIOUSLY WROUGHT— Bishop Lowth, speaking of _images_ in the Hebrew
poetry, taken from _things sacred,_ has the following observation: "In
that most perfect hymn, where the immensity of the Omnipresen...
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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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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE, WHEN I WAS MADE IN SECRET "My
substance" -...
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139:15 were (d-3) Or 'framework was.'...
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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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IN THE LOWEST PARTS OF THE EARTH] Probably the writer is speaking
poetically of the mysterious origin of a human personality in the
womb....
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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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SUBSTANCE. — Aquila “bones,” LXX. and Vulg. “bone,”
Symmachus “strength.” Perhaps, generally, _body._ But the common
Hebrew word for bone differs only in the pointing.
IN SECRET. — Comp. _Æ_sch. _Eum...
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לֹא ־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ
אֲשֶׁר ־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי...
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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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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and]
curiously wrought (k) in the lowest parts of the earth.
(k) That is, in my mother's womb: which he compares to the inward
parts of...
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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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15._My strength was not hid from thee _That nothing is hid from God
David now begins to prove from the way in which man is at first
formed, and points out God’s superiority to other artificers in
this...
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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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MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE WHEN I WAS MADE IN SECRET,.... Or
"my bone" n; everyone of his bones, which are the substantial parts of
the body, the strength of it; and so some render it "my stre...
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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and]
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Ver. 15. _My substance was not hid from thee_] _Ossatio mea, id est,
ossium et...
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_My substance was not hid from thee_ Hebrews עצמי, _my bone._ So
the LXX. το οστουν μου. _Bone_ may be here taken
collectively for _bones_, or, rather for the whole fabric of the
bones: or may be put...
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SUBSTANCE:
Or, strength or body...
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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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MY SUBSTANCE; or, _My bone_, as the LXX. and others render the word.
And _bone_ may be here taken collectively for bones, as is usual in
such words, or for the whole fabric of the bones And the bones...
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Psalms 139:15 frame H6108 hidden H3582 (H8738) made H6213 (H8795)
secret H5643 wrought H7551 (H8795) parts...
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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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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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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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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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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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_My substance was not hid from Thee, when I was made in secret._
DAILY GROWTH
God, being one, the author of nature as of grace, worketh harmoniously
in both His kingdoms. And as in other ways, so in...
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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 139:13 These verses illustrate the point of vv.
Psalms 139:11 by describing a particular “dark place” where the
Lord saw and cared for the singer, namely, his...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 139:15 IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH. As a
parallel to IN SECRET, this would be a poetic expression for the
darkness and secrecy of the womb....
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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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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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Can it be inferred from this verse that the Bible considers abortion
to be murder?
PROBLEM: According to this passage, God looks upon the unborn as a
human being. However, if the unborn is fully huma...