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Verse Psalms 139:18. IF _I SHOULD COUNT THEM_] I should be glad to
enumerate so many interesting particulars: but they are beyond
calculation.
_WHEN I AWAKE_] Thou art my Governor and Protector night...
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IF I SHOULD COUNT THEM - If I could count them.
THEY ARE MORE IN NUMBER THAN THE SAND - Numberless as the sand on the
sea-shore.
WHEN I AWAKE, I AM STILL WITH THEE - When I am lost in deep and
profou...
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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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MORE IN NUMBER... SAND. Figure of speech _Paroemia_. App-6....
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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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If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I
awake, I am still with thee. IF I SHOULD COUNT THEM, THEY ARE MORE IN
NUMBER THAN THE SAND - "which cannot be measured nor number...
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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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I AM STILL WITH THEE] either, 'my thoughts still go out to thee and
thy wonders,' or, 'I am still in thy thought as an object of care and
love.'...
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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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IF I SHOULD... — The original is more expressive: —
“Let me count them — more than the sand they are many:
I have awaked — and still with thee.”
With the countless mysteries of creation and providen...
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אֶ֭סְפְּרֵם מֵ חֹ֣ול יִרְבּ֑וּן
הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי וְ...
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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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[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when
I awake, (n) I am still with thee.
(n) I continually see new opportunity to meditate in your wisdom, and
to praise you....
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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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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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IF I SHOULD COUNT THEM, THEY ARE MORE IN NUMBER THAN THE SAND,....,
That is, if I should attempt to do it, it would be as vain and
fruitless as to attempt to count the sands upon the seashore, which
a...
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Psalms 139:18 [If] I should count them, they are more in number than
the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Ver. 18. _If I should count them, &c._] _q.d._ They are infinite and
immmerable. Arc...
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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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To wit, by my thoughts and meditations. Thy wonderful counsels and
works on my behalf come constantly into my mind, not only in the day
time, but even in the night season, which is commonly devoted to...
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Psalms 139:18 count H5608 (H8799) number H7235 (H8799) sand H2344
awake H6974 (H8689) still H5750...
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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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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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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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_When I awake, I am still with Thee._
A CHRISTIAN AWAKENING WITH GOD
I. His disposition.
1. It is the care and endeavour of a good man when he awakes to be
still with God.
(1) The time.
(A) When...
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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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1 Thessalonians 5:10; Daniel 12:2; Isaiah 26:19; Psalms 40:12;...
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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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Them — Thy wonderful counsels and works on my behalf come constantly
into my mind....