Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 139:1-24
Psalms 139:0 In the Divine Presence 1. His omniscience (Psalms 139:1-6 ) 2. His omnipresence (Psalms 139:7-12 ) 3. Praising Him (Psalms 139:13-18 ) 4. Delighting in His holiness (Psalms 139:19-24 ) Here we see the people of God in the light of God, standing in His presence. He is an omniscient and an omnipresent God. How marvellously this is given in this Psalm. And what a comfort to know that He knoweth, that He seeth, that He is about us, around us, with us everywhere, that His hand... read more
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