Psalm 139:14 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 139:14

Psalms 139:14. I am fearfully and wonderfully made Thy infinite wisdom and power, manifested in the singular and curious structure of man’s body, fill me with wonder and astonishment, and with the dread of thy Majesty. Marvellous are thy works Both in the lesser world, man, and in the greater; and that my soul knoweth right well I am well assured, both by thy word, and by the contemplation and study of thy works, that they are wonderful, although I do not so accurately understand them... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

Psalms 139:0 The all-knowing, ever-present GodGod knows all about the psalmist - what he does, what he thinks, where he goes and what he says (139:1-4). Because of the realization that God is all around him, the psalmist sometimes feels helpless (5-6). A person may be tempted to look for some escape from such an overpowering presence, but no escape is possible. This may bring fear to rebels but it brings comfort to believers (7-8). Wherever they travel, God is with them (9-10). In darkness or... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 139:14

fearfully and wonderfully. Hebrew = fears and wonders. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for the feelings produced by the works. my soul = myself. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 139:1-24

Psalms 139David praised God for His omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence in this popular psalm. It is a plea for God to search the life to expose sin. It consists of four strophes of six verses each."The Gelineau version gives the psalm the heading ’The Hound of Heaven’, a reminder that Francis Thompson’s fine poem of that name owed its theme of flight and pursuit largely to the second stanza here (Psalms 139:7-12), which is one of the summits of Old Testament poetry." [Note: Kidner,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 139:13-14

The word "For" indicates that what follows explains what precedes. Since God creates people, He knows them intimately, and He is always with them. The idea of God creating David arose from Psalms 139:11-12. Forming as a potter and knitting as a weaver describe the gestation process figuratively (Psalms 139:13). "Thou" or "You" is again in the emphatic first position in the Hebrew text. David marveled at God’s amazing power in creating him by the embryonic process of fetal development. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 139:13-18

3. God’s omnipotence 139:13-18 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 139:1-24

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 long after David, being marked by Aramaisms.1-6. God’s omniscience. 7-12. God’s omnipresence. 13-18. God’s wonderful providence in human life. 19-22. God’s hatred of sin. 23, 24. A prayer that the Psalmist may be cleansed from all evil.3. Compassest] RM ’winnowest,’ i.e. scrutinisest. 5. Beset]... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 139:14

(14) For I am . . .—Literally, because I am fearfully separated or distinguished (see Note on Psalms 26:7; Psalms 40:5), which might mean separated from the womb, i.e., born. (Comp. Galatians 1:15; Psalms 22:10.) Or if the reference is national rather than individual, it would imply, as so frequently, the choice of Israel by Jehovah in distinction to other races. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 139:1-24

The Searching of God Psalms 139:1 We are prone to associate the searching-work of God with events of a striking or memorable kind. It is in great calamities and overwhelming sorrow that we feel with peculiar vividness God's presence. When Job was in the enjoyment of prosperity he was an eminently reverent man; but it was in the hour of his black and bitter midnight that he cried out, 'The hand of God hath touched me'. And that same spirit lodges in every breast, so that God's searching comes... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

Psalms 139:1-24THIS 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 unequalled force and sublimity with which the psalm hymns the majestic attributes of an all-filling, all-knowing, all-creating God, is the firmness with which the singer’s personal relation to that God is grasped. Only in the last verses is there reference to other men. In the earlier parts of the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 139:14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 139:14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 139:1-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 139:13-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 139:13-18

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 139:1-24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 139:14

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 139:1-24

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

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