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Verse Psalms 139:16. _THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE_] גלמי
_golmi_, my _embryo state_-my yet indistinct mass, when all was
_wrapped up_ together, before it was gradually unfolded into the
lineament...
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THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE, YET BEING UNPERFECT - This whole
verse is very obscure, but the “idea” in this expression clearly
is, “Before I had shape or form thou didst see what I was to be.”
The...
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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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SUBSTANCE... UNPERFECT. unfinished substance. Not the same word as in
Psalms 139:15. One word in Hebrew.
UNPERFECT. Not imperfect.
WHICH IN CONTINUANCE. the days which were ordered, or in which they...
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God must know the Psalmist perfectly, for He ordered the first
beginnings of his life, and foresaw all his destiny....
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_my substance, yet being unperfect_ R.V. mine unperfect substance. The
word (_gôlem_) is a different one from that in Psalms 139:15, and
denotes the undeveloped embryo. Cp. Aram, _gôlmâ_, an unfinishe...
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THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE, &C.— Or, _Thine eyes did see my
rude mass; and on thy books were all written, as they were daily
fashioned, when,_ &c. Before any of his limbs were in being, they were...
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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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Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book
all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when
as yet there was none of them.
THINE EYES DID SEE MY SU...
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139:16 days (e-19) Or 'continuously.'...
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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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This difficult verse, rendered word for word, gives —
“My fœtus (literally, _rolled_) saw thine eyes,
And on thy book all of them were written;
Days were formed, and not (or, as the Hebrew margin, _...
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גָּלְמִ֤י ׀ רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְ עַֽל
־סִפְרְךָ֮...
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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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Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; (l) and in thy
book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were
fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
(l) Seeing that y...
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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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16._Thine eyes beheld my shapelessness, etc. _The embryo, when first
conceived in the womb, has no form; and David speaks of God’s having
known him when he was yet a shapeless mass, τὸ κύημα _, _as
th...
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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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THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE, YET BEING UNPERFECT,.... The word q
for "substance" signifies a bottom of yarn wound up, or any rude or
unformed lump; and designs that conglomerated mass of matter se...
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Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book
all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned,
when [as yet there was] none of them.
Ver. 16. _Thine eyes...
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_Thine eyes did see my substance_ Hebrews גלמי, _my rude mass_, as
Dr. Waterland renders the word: _massa rudis et intricata adhuc_, says
Buxtorf, _neque in veram formam evoluta, a mass, yet rude and...
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ALL MY MEMBERS:
_ Heb._ all of them
WHICH IN CONTINUANCE WERE FASHIONED:
Or, what days they should be fashioned...
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7-16 We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not
desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant
corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy
r...
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YET BEING UNPERFECT; when I was a mere embryo, a rude and shapeless
lump, when I was first conceived. IN THY BOOK; in thy counsel and
providence, by which thou didst contrive and effect this great wor...
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Psalms 139:16 eyes H5869 saw H7200 (H8804) unformed H1564 book H5612
written H3789 (H8735) days H3117 fashioned
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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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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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_My substance was not hid from Thee, when I was made in secret._
DAILY GROWTH
God, being one, the author of nature as of grace, worketh harmoniously
in both His kingdoms. And as in other ways, so in...
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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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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 139:13 These verses illustrate the point of vv.
Psalms 139:11 by describing a particular “dark place” where the
Lord saw and cared for the singer, namely, his...
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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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Malachi 3:16; Psalms 56:8; Revelation 20:12...
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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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Imperfect — When I was first conceived. Book — In thy counsel and
providence, by which thou didst contrive and effect this great work,
according to that model which thou hadst appointed....
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Can it be inferred from this verse that the Bible considers abortion
to be murder?
PROBLEM: According to this passage, God looks upon the unborn as a
human being. However, if the unborn is fully huma...