Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 139:5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, with thine all-seeing and all-disposing providence. And laid thine hand upon me; thou keepest me, as it were, with a strong hand, in thy sight and under thy power.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, with thine all-seeing and all-disposing providence. And laid thine hand upon me; thou keepest me, as it were, with a strong hand, in thy sight and under thy power.
Verse Psalms 139:5. _THOU HAST BESET ME BEHIND AND BEFORE_] אחור וקדם צרתני _achor vekodam tsartani_, "The hereafter and the past, thou hast formed me." I think Bishop Horsley's emendation here is jus...
THOU HAST BESET ME BEHIND AND BEFORE - The word rendered “beset” - צור _tsûr_ - means properly to press; to press upon; to compress. It has reference commonly to the siege of a city, or to the pressi...
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...
BEHIND AND BEFORE. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, put for every direction....
God's perfect knowledge of all the Psalmist's life and thoughts....
_beset me_ The word is used of besieging a town. God hems him in on all sides so that he cannot escape. The P.B.V. _thou hast fashioned me_follows the LXX and other Ancient Versions in a less probable...
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...
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...
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. THOU HAST BESET ME BEHIND AND BEFORE, AND LAID THINE HAND UPON ME - Thou art omnipresent as well as omniscient. Behind, before, a...
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...
BESET] surround, influence....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING PSALMS 139 Jesus said, "Your Father (God) knows how many hairs there are on your head!" ...
BESET — as a beleagured city from which there is no escape....
אָחֹ֣ור וָ קֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי וַ תָּ֖שֶׁת עָל
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...
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine (d) hand upon me. (d) You so guide me with your hand, that I can turn no way, but where you appoint me....
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...
In verse fifth some read —_behind and before thou hast fashioned me; _(203) but צור, _tsur, _often signifies _to shut up, _and David, there can be no doubt, means that he was surrounded on every side,...
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...
THOU HAST BESET ME BEHIND AND BEFORE,.... Art on every side of me, all around me, like one besieged in a strait place; so that there is nothing I can think, say, or do, but what is known unto thee. Th...
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Ver. 5. _Thou hast beset me behind and before_] As a beast that is pursued, as an enemy that is begirt and environed; and lest I sho...
_There is not a word in my tongue_, &c. Thou knowest what I speak, and with what design and disposition of mind. There is not a vain word, not a good word, _but thou knowest it altogether_ What it mea...
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...
Psalms 139:5 hedged H6696 (H8804) behind H268 before H6924 laid H7896 (H8799) hand H3709 beset me -...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 139:5 LAY YOUR HAND UPON ME. A gentle, reassuring gesture. ⇐ ⇔
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...
Deuteronomy 33:27; Exodus 24:11; Job 23:8; Job 23:9; Revelation 1:17...
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...
Beset me — With thy all — seeing providence. And laid — Thou keepest me, as it were with a strong hand, in thy sight and under thy power....