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Verse Psalms 139:15. _MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE_] עצמי
_atsmi_, my _bones_ or _skeleton_.
_CURIOUSLY WROUGHT_] רקמתי _rukkamti_, embroidered, _made of_
_needlework_. These two words, says Bi...
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MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE - Thou didst see it; thou didst
understand it altogether, when it was hidden from the eyes of man. The
word “substance” is rendered in the margin, “strength” or
“bod...
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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 (Psalms 139:13)
4. Delighting in His holiness (Psalms 139:19)
Here we se...
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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. frame. Hebrew. bone, as in Genesis 2:21; Genesis 2:22.
CURIOUSLY. skillfully. Hebrew. embroidered. Compare Exodus 26:1;
Exodus 35:35....
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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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CURIOUSLY WROUGHT— Bishop Lowth, speaking of _images_ in the Hebrew
poetry, taken from _things sacred,_ has the following observation: "In
that most perfect hymn, where the immensity of the Omnipresen...
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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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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE, WHEN I WAS MADE IN SECRET "My
substance...
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139:15 were (d-3) Or 'framework was.'...
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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!" (MATTHEW 10:30)
PSALMS 139
(This is) for the music...
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SUBSTANCE. — Aquila “bones,” LXX. and Vulg. “bone,”
Symmachus “strength.” Perhaps, generally, _body._ But the common
Hebrew word for bone differs only in the pointing.
IN SECRET. — Comp. _Æ_sch. _Eum...
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לֹא ־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ
אֲשֶׁר ־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַ † סֵּ֑תֶר
רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽ תַחְתִּיֹּ֥ות
אָֽרֶץ׃...
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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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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and]
curiously wrought (k) in the lowest parts of the earth.
(k) That is, in my mother's womb: which he compares to the inward
parts of...
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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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15._My strength was not hid from thee _That nothing is hid from God
David now begins to prove from the way in which man is at first
formed, and points out God’s superiority to other artificers in
this...
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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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MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE WHEN I WAS MADE IN SECRET,.... Or
"my bone" n; everyone of his bones, which are the substantial parts of
the body, the strength of it; and so some render it "my stre...
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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and]
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Ver. 15. _My substance was not hid from thee_] _Ossatio mea, id est,
ossium et...
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_My substance was not hid from thee_ Hebrews עצמי, _my bone._ So
the LXX. το οστουν μου. _Bone_ may be here taken
collectively for _bones_, or, rather for the whole fabric of the
bones: or may be put...
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SUBSTANCE:
Or, strength or body...
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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 re...
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MY SUBSTANCE; or, _My bone_, as the LXX. and others render the word.
And _bone_ may be here taken collectively for bones, as is usual in
such words, or for the whole fabric of the bones And the bones...
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Psalms 139:15 frame H6108 hidden H3582 (H8738) made H6213 (H8795)
secret H5643 wrought H7551 (H8795) parts H8482 earth H776
substance - or, strength, or body
when I - Psalms 139:13; Job 10:9-11; Exo...
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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 Broug...
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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 psal...
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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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Ephesians 4:9; Exodus 11:5; Job 10:9; Psalms 63:9; Psalms 139:13...
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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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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...