Psalm 139:24 NLT,NIV,ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 139:17-24

Here the psalmist makes application of the doctrine of God's omniscience, divers ways. I. He acknowledges, with wonder and thankfulness, the care God had taken of him all his days, Ps. 139:17, 18. God, who knew him, thought of him, and his thoughts towards him were thoughts of love, thought of good, and not of evil, Jer. 29:11. God's omniscience, which might justly have watched over us to do us hurt, has been employed for us, and has watched over us to do us good, Jer. 31:28. God's counsels... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 139:24

And see if there be any wicked way in me ,.... Not that David thought himself free from wickedness, or that there was none to be found in his heart and life; and therefore said this in a boasting way, he knew otherwise; see Psalm 19:12 ; but he is desirous it might be thoroughly looked into and seen whether there was any such wicked way in him he was charged with; as that he had a design upon the life of Saul, and to seize his throne and kingdom, which never entered into his mind, 1... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 139:24

If there be any wicked way - עצב דרך derech otseb : a way of idolatry or of error. Any thing false in religious principle; any thing contrary to piety to thyself, and love and benevolence to man. And he needed to offer such prayer as this, while filled with indignation against the ways of the workers of iniquities; for he who hates, utterly hates, the practices of any man, is not far from hating the man himself. It is very difficult "To hate the sin with all the heart, And yet the... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 24 24.And lead me, etc. I see no foundation for the opinion of some that this is an imprecation, and that David adjudges himself over to punishment. It is true, that “the way of all the earth” is an expression used sometimes to denote death, which is common to all, but the verb here translated to lead is more commonly taken in a good than a bad sense, and I question if the phrase way of this life ever means death. (221) It seems evidently to denote the full continuous term of human life,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

Lord, thou knowest altogether. This psalm, one of the most sublime of them all, is of unknown authorship. It seems to be the composition of some saint of God who lived after the Captivity. If so , what proof it gives of the blessing of sanctified sorrow (cf. the probably companion psalm, Psalms 119:1-176 ; Psalms 119:67 , Psalms 119:71 , Psalms 119:75 )! The furnace of the Exile, the husks of the far country, did bring prodigal Israel to himself; and this psalm is one clear... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:17-24

Thoughts, Divine and human. With some apparent abruptness, the psalmist calls our attention I. THE THOUGHTS OF GOD . 1. Their manifoldness . 2. Their preciousness . Everything we see and hear and touch is a manifested thought of God; it must have existed in his mind before it took shape, color, substance. It adds deep interest to all natural scenery to think of sea and sky, of flower and tree, of the wooded glen and the snow-clad mountain, as thoughts of God. So... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:23-24

God's searching desired. In these verses we seem to be standing by a fair river, a very river of the water of life—full, flowing, beautiful, fertilizing; a joy to all beholders and all who dwell by it. And as we look back at the former parts of this "crown of the psalms," as it has been called, we see the lofty spiritual heights from whence this river has flowed down; we realize the glorious truths about God—his omnipresence and omniscience—which are the source from whence this prayer we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:23-24

Our thoughts. "Know my thoughts." This psalm contains the finest utterance of human feeling about the Divine omniscience that has ever come from human lips. God sees everything and everywhere. He sees the hidden mystery, man's secret thought and purpose. To the God-fearing man that is no trouble; it is rather a source of satisfaction and holy joy. I. THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR THOUGHTS . The wise man says, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." A man is as his thoughts. Man... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:23-24

Request for God's searching. "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." I. SOME THINGS IMPLIED IN THE TEXT . 1. The imperfect knowledge of his own character . Though it lies so near to us—not a far-off country. Though it is the most important of all knowledge. Knowledge of the body important; but that we can trust to another—not this. Sin creates darkness.... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 139:17-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 139:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 139:24

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:17-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:23-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:23-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 139:23-24

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