This psalm purports to be a psalm of David, and there is no reason to
doubt that it is properly attributed to him. See introduction to
Psalms 138:1. At what time it was composed is, however, unknown....
The consciousness of the intimate personal relation between God and
man which is characteristic of the whole Psalter reaches its climax
here. The omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence of Jehovah...
CXXXIX.
This psalm falls into four strophes unequal in length, but clearly
marked. Had it ended at the third it could have been easily described
as a poem on the omniscience and omnipresence of God, a...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 139
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM OF DAVID. This psalm was written by
David, when he lay under the reproach and calumnies of men, who laid
false things to his charge; things he...
_A.M. 2945. B.C. 1059._
This Psalm is, by many of the Jewish doctors, esteemed the most
excellent in the whole book. The matter of it is noble and sublime,
and so is the style. It begins with a devou...