George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 139:6
Side. The enemies of David calumniated him, and strove to make him follow idols, 1 Kings xxvi. 19.
Side. The enemies of David calumniated him, and strove to make him follow idols, 1 Kings xxvi. 19.
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 bey...
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,...
Psalms 139 In the Divine Presence _ 1. His omniscience (Psalms 139:1)_ 2. His omnipresence (Psalms 139:7) 3. Praising Him ...
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...
God's perfect knowledge of all the Psalmist's life and thoughts....
A concluding exclamation of reverent awe. Such infinite knowledge baffles human thought to comprehend it. Cp. Romans 11:33. (so) exalted (that) _I cannot attain unto it_ "The word used implies -high...
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...
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...
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...
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 wonderful...
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...
HIGH] the word means 'inaccessible': cp. Deuteronomy 2:36....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING PSALMS 139 Jesus said, "Your Father (God) knows how many hairs there are on your head!" ...
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....
_פְּלִ֣יאָֽה_† דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא ־א֥וּכַֽל לָ
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...
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'...
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...
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...
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...
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...
[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...
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...
_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...
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 t...
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...
Psalms 139:6 knowledge H1847 wonderful H6383 (H8675) H6383 high H7682 (H8738) cannot H3201 (H879
In this Psalm, David praises God by specially dwelling upon the one attribute of omniscience. If we really wish to praise God, we must think of him as he is, and it is the best praise that we can rend...
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...
Psalms 139:1. _O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me._ God does not need to «search» us, for that implies a want of knowledge, a knowledge obtained by search. But the meaning of the text is, th...
May the all-seeing God, of whom this Psalm speaks, look down upon us and bless us richly while we read it! Psalms 139:1. _O LORD thou hast searched me, and known me._ «Known me perfectly, far better...
This is a Psalm we can never read too often. It will be to us one of the greatest safeguards against sin if we have its teaching constantly before our mind's eye, and the teaching of this Psalm is sim...
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...
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...
_Such knowledge is too wonderful for me._ GOD’S ALL-KNOWLEDGE If 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...
_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 Brough...
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...
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...
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 psalm...
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...
Job 11:7; Job 26:14; Job 42:3; Proverbs 30:2; Psalms 13:1;...
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...
I cannot — Apprehend in what manner thou dost so presently know all things....