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Verse Psalms 139:22. _WITH PERFECT HATRED_] Their _conduct_, their
_motives_, their _opposition_ to _thee_, their _perfidy_ and
_idolatrous_ _purposes_, I perfectly abhor. With them I have neither
par...
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I HATE THEM WITH PERFECT HATRED - With no approval whatever of their
conduct; with no sympathy for the evil they do; with no words of
apology for their sinful acts; with entire disapprobation.
I COUN...
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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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But how can this omniscient God tolerate the existence of wicked men,
who blaspheme and hate Him? With such the Psalmist will have no
fellowship; and he concludes with a prayer that God will purify hi...
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The energy of the Psalmist's indignation seems to many readers to be a
jarring note: yet it is but the limited and imperfect form in which he
expresses his intense hatred of evil. "The duty of keeping...
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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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_I HATE THEM WITH PERFECT HATRED: I COUNT THEM MINE ENEMIES._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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WITH PERFECT HATRED. — Literally, _with perfection of hatred._ Comp.
Tennyson’s
“Dowered with the hate of hate.”...
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תַּכְלִ֣ית שִׂנְאָ֣ה שְׂנֵאתִ֑ים לְ֝
אֹויְבִ֗ים הָ֣יוּ...
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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 we needed any farther evidence as to whom this Psalm can with any
propriety be otherwise applied, what is here said in conclusion must
direct our hearts to the blessed Jesus, and to him only. Who i...
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22._I hate them with perfect hatred. _Literally it is, I hate them
with perfection of hatred. He repeats the same truth as formerly, that
such was his esteem for God’s glory that he would have nothing...
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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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I HATE THEM WITH PERFECT HATRED,.... Heartily and really; not in word
only, but in deed and in truth; "odio vatiniano", with consummate
hatred: this is an answer to his own question;
I COUNT THEM MIN...
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I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Ver. 22. _I hate them with a perfect hatred_] That is, unfeignedly,
and with a round heart (saith one), for this only cause, that they are...
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_Do not I hate them that hate thee?_ I appeal to thee, the omnipresent
and omniscient God, whether I do not perfectly hate them, (that is,
hate their ways,) so far as they are enemies to thee and good...
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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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I am no less grieved with their enmity against thee, than if they
directed it against myself....
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Psalms 139:19
I. There is a peculiarity of expression in this Psalm which we
certainly should not find in any Christian hymn, and one which cannot
fail to strike us. What can be more remarkable than t...
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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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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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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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_I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them mine enemies._
RIGHTEOUS HATRED
What, then, is a perfect hatred? What may there be which is right,
worthy, and fruitful of good, in the perfection of ha...
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_Surely Thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me, therefore,
ye bloody men._
INDIGNATION AGAINST THE WICKED
I. Here is a fact in relation to the moral government of God. That
fact is the ult...
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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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_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 139:19 The WICKED person, who joins with MEN OF
BLOOD, who SPEAK AGAINST God WITH MALICIOUS INTENT, is someone who
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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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Luke 14:26; Psalms 101:3...
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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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Perfect hatred — See the difference between the Jewish and the
Christian spirit!...