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Verse Psalms 139:2. _MY DOWNSITTING AND MINE UPRISING_] Even these
inconsiderable and casual things are under thy continual notice. I
cannot so much as _take a seat_, or _leave it_, without being mark...
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THOU KNOWEST MY DOWNSITTING ... - In the various circumstances of
life, thou knowest me. Thou knowest me in one place as well as in
another. I cannot so change my position that thou will not see me, a...
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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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DOWNSITTING... UPRISING. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species),
App-6, put for all movements.
THOUGHTS INWARD THOUGHT. Occurs only here and in Psalms 139:17....
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God's perfect knowledge of all the Psalmist's life and thoughts....
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_Thou knowest Thou_is emphatic. It is God alone Who possesses this
absolute knowledge of His creatures.
_my downsitting and mine uprising_ My whole life, at rest or in
activity. Cp. Psalms 127:2; Deu...
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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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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off.
THOU KNOWEST MY DOWN-SITTING AND MINE UP-RISING - "my down-sitting,"
to rest after work, and "mine up-rising,...
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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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DOWN-SITTING AND UPRISING — as in Deuteronomy 6:7, to denote the
whole daily life — business and rest.
THOUGHT. — An Aramaic form found nowhere else, but, from one
possible derivation (“companion”),...
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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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Thou knowest my (a) downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest
my thought afar off.
(a) He confesses that neither our actions, thoughts or any part of our
life can be hid from God, though he s...
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_Man. Saul, (Calmet) Judas, (St. Hilary) or self-love, the old man,
who is our most dangerous enemy. (Berthier)_...
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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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_THE INDWELLING GOD_
‘O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my
downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar
off.’
Psalms 139:1
‘Our fellowship is with the F...
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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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THOU KNOWEST MY DOWNSITTING AND MINE UPRISING,.... Here the psalmist
proceeds to observe the particular circumstances and actions of his
life, which were known to God; as his "downsitting", either to...
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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off.
Ver. 2. _Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising_] All my
postures, gestures, practices, _sive sedeam, siv...
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_O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me_ That is, known me
exactly, as men know those things which they diligently search out.
_Thou knowest my down-sitting_, &c. All my postures and motions; my...
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1-6 God has perfect knowledge of us, and all our thoughts and actions
are open before him. It is more profitable to meditate on Divine
truths, applying them to our own cases, and with hearts lifted t...
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KNOWN ME, i.e. known me exactly, as men do those things which they
diligently search out. MY DOWNSITTING AND MINE UPRISING; all my
postures and motions, my actions and my cessations from action. MY
TH...
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Psalms 139:2 know H3045 (H8804) down H3427 (H8800) up H6965 (H8800)
understand H995 (H8804) thought...
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Psalms 139:1
I. Deep indeed and mysterious, far beyond what we can understand, are
our own ordinary sleeping and waking; we know not how it is that the
soothing quietness which we call sleep steals ov...
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Psalms 139:1
The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in
our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of
every detail of our character and conduct, neit...
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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._
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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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._
«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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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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_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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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 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Kings 19:27; 2 Kings 6:12; Ezekiel 38:10;...
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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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Afar off — Thou knowest what my thoughts will be in such and such
circumstances, long before I know it, yea from all eternity....