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Verse Psalms 139:6. SUCH _KNOWLEDGE_ IS _TOO WONDERFUL_] I think, with
_Kennicott_, that פלאיה דעת _pelaiah daath_ should be read
פלאי הדעת _peli haddaath_, "THIS knowledge," ממני
_mimmenni_, "is beyo...
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SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME - literally, “Wonderful
knowledge away from me,” or, more than I can comprehend. It is
beyond my reach; it surpasses all my powers to comprehend it.
IT IS HIGH,...
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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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God's perfect knowledge of all the Psalmist's life and thoughts....
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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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SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS TOO WONDERFUL, &C.— Grotius supposes the meaning
to be, "Thy knowledge, or rather, thy omniscience, is so great, that
it is impossible to escape or fly from it." Mr. Mann thinks that...
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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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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it.
SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME: IT IS HIGH, I CANNOT ATTAIN
UNTO IT. He bursts out into praises of the wonderfu...
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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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SUCH... — God’s omniscience is for man at once _transcendent,
unattainable, impossible._ Possibly the article has dropped away, and
we should read _this knowledge._ LXX. and Vulg. have “thy
knowledge....
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_פְּלִ֣יאָֽה_† דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי
נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא ־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃...
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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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_Side. The enemies of David calumniated him, and strove to make him
follow idols, 1 Kings xxvi. 19._...
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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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6._Thy knowledge is wonderful above me _Two meanings may be attached
to ממני : _mimmenni. _We may read _upon me, _or, _in relation to
me, _and understand David to mean that God’s knowledge is seen to...
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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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[SUCH] KNOWLEDGE [IS] TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME,.... Meaning either the
knowledge of himself, such as God had of him, which was vastly
superior to what he had of himself; and especially the knowledge of
ot...
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Psalms 139:6 [Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I
cannot [attain] unto it.
Ver. 6. _Such knowledge is too wonderful for me_] I can hardly
conceive of this thine omniscience and o...
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_Such knowledge is too wonderful for me_, &c. It is such a knowledge
as I cannot comprehend, much less describe. I cannot conceive, or even
form any idea in what manner thou dost so perfectly know all...
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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 to...
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I am so far from equalling thy knowledge, that I cannot apprehend it,
in what manner thou dost so perfectly know all things, even such as
are most secret, and have yet no being, and seem to depend upo...
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Psalms 139:6 knowledge H1847 wonderful H6383 (H8675) H6383 high H7682
(H8738) cannot H3201 (H8799)
knowledge - Psalms 40:5, Psalms 13:1; Job 11:7-9, Job 26:14, Job 42:3;
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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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Job 11:7; Job 26:14; Job 42:3; Proverbs 30:2; Psalms 13:1; Psalms
40:5; Romans 11:33...
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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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I cannot — Apprehend in what manner thou dost so presently know all
things....