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 upon many casualties and uncertainties. read more
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 there a more overwhelming sense of the fact that man is beset and compassed about by God, pervaded by His Spirit, unable to take a step without His control; and yet nowhere is there a more emphatic assertion of the personality of man as distinct from, not absorbed in the Deity. This is no pantheistie... read more
DISCOURSE: 734THE OMNIPRESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE OF GODPsalms 139:1-12. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path, and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways: for there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot... read more
Psalms 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 ).Recognizing that God knows me completely and fully.You know my downsittings and my uprisings ( Psalms 139:2 ),Or you know my ups and my downs.you understand my thoughts afar off ( Psalms 139:2 ).The Hebrew is, "You understand my thoughts in their origins." Before I even think them, You know them. You... read more
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 omniscience, ever composed. It also represents the moral perfections of God as the searcher of hearts, and the avenger of crime. It represents the divinity under all the grandeur of the Godhead, by the name Jehovah, associated with the enquiry, Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, or flee from thy... read more
Psalms 139:1-24O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me.God’s exhaustive knowledge of manThis lyric has always been the subject of praise. Aben Ezra said there was none like it in the five books. Lord Brougham spoke of it as “that singularly beautiful poem” Herder said that language utterly failed him in its exposition. Erskine of Llinlathen wanted this to be before him on his death-bed. The title ascribes it to David, an ascription corroborated by its originality and majesty and its... read more
Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.God’s all-knowledgeIf we had to take our trial for our lives before the tribunal of an earthly judge, there are probably three questions which we should ask ourselves with no little anxiety: Has the judge himself the power, or does he represent some one who has the power, to enforce the sentence which he may pronounce? Is the judge a man of that integrity of character which is fearless when interpreting the plain sense of the law that is to be... read more
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 omnipresence, but am ready to measure thee by myself, and according to mine own model. And, indeed, for a creature to believe the infinite attributes of God, he is never able to do it thoroughly without supernatural grace. It is high, I cannot attain unto it ] Since it far exceedeth the reach of... read more
knowledge: Psalms 40:5, Psalms 13:1, Job 11:7-1 Samuel :, Job 26:14, Job 42:3, Proverbs 30:2-Numbers :, Romans 11:33 Reciprocal: Job 11:8 - deeper Job 37:19 - we Psalms 71:19 - Thy righteousness Psalms 119:129 - testimonies Psalms 131:1 - high for me Psalms 145:3 - and his greatness is unsearchable Proverbs 30:18 - too Ecclesiastes 7:24 - General Isaiah 40:28 - no searching Zechariah 4:5 - No 1 Corinthians 13:9 - General Ephesians 3:18 - able read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 139:1-24
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 frequently discussed after the Exile, when the national life had died out and each individual was brought face to face with the difficulties which surrounded him and with the thought of his ultimate fate. Other nations, of course, have engaged in similar speculation, but in very different tone... read more