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Verse Psalms 139:4. THERE IS _NOT A WORD IN MY TONGUE_] Although (כי
_ki_) _there be not a word in my tongue, behold O Jehovah, thou
knowest_ _the whole of it_, that is, thou knowest all my _words
bef...
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FOR THERE IS NOT A WORD IN MY TONGUE - All that I say; all that I have
power to say; all that I am disposed at any time to say.
BUT LO, O LORD, THOU KNOWEST IT ALTOGETHER - All that pertains to it.
Wh...
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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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ALTOGETHER. on every side, or, the whole of it....
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God's perfect knowledge of all the Psalmist's life and thoughts....
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God knows not merely the spoken word which men can hear, but its true
meaning, and the secret thoughts which prompt its utterance. But the
verse may also be rendered, _For_(_when) a word is not yet on...
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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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FOR THERE IS NOT A WORD— Or, _When there is not a word in my tongue,
O Lord, thou knowest all._ But Mudge renders it, _For, before the word
is in my tongue, behold, O Lord, thou knowest the whole of i...
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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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For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest
it altogether.
FOR (THERE IS) NOT A WORD IN (I:E., THAT RISES TO) MY TONGUE, (BUT),
LO, O LORD, THOU KNOWEST IT ALTOGETHER.
'Wi...
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139:4 yet (b-5) Or 'ere [even] there is.'...
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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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FOR THERE IS NOT... — This has been understood in two ways: —
My tongue cannot utter a word which thou dost not altogether know.
or,
Before my tongue can utter a word thou knowest it altogether....
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כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין מִ֭לָּה בִּ לְשֹׁונִ֑י
הֵ֥ן יְ֝הו
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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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For [there is] not a word in my (c) tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou
knowest it altogether.
(c) You know my meaning before I speak....
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_Serpent. So Plautus says, "A double-tongued and wicked man is like a
creeping beast," in Persa. (Haydock)_...
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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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4._For there is not a word, etc_. The words admit a double meaning.
Accordingly some understand them to imply that God knows what, we are
about to say before the words are formed on our tongue; others...
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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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FOR [THERE IS] NOT A WORD IN MY TONGUE,.... Expressed by it or upon
it, just ready to be spoken; or, as the Targum,
"when there is no word in my tongue:''
so Aben Ezra,
"before it was perfect in my...
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For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou
knowest it altogether.
Ver. 4. _For there is not a word in my tongue_] Though not yet
uttered, or but whispered only.
_ Thou knowest i...
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_There is not a word in my tongue_, &c. Thou knowest what I speak, and
with what design and disposition of mind. There is not a vain word,
not a good word, _but thou knowest it altogether_ What it mea...
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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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Thou knowest what I speak, and with what design and disposition of
mind. Or rather, as others render it, and which is more admirable,
_When there is not a word_, &c. Thou knowest what I intend to spea...
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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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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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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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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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Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 4:13; James 1:26; James 3:2; Jeremiah 29:23;...
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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...