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Verse Psalms 139:8. _IF I ASCEND_] Thou art in _heaven_, in thy glory;
in _hell_, in thy vindictive justice; and in all _parts of earth,
water,_ _space, place_, or _vacuity_, by thy _omnipresence_. Wh...
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IF I ASCEND UP INTO HEAVEN - The word “heaven” here, in the
original is in the plural number - “heavens,” - and includes all
that there is above the earth - the highest worlds.
IF I MAKE MY BED - Pro...
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Psalms 139
In the Divine Presence
_ 1. His omniscience (Psalms 139:1)_
2. His omnipresence (Psalms 139:7)
3. Praising Him ...
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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...
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HELL. Sheol. See App-35.
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
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God is everywhere present: man cannot escape or hide himself....
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Cp. Amos 9:2 ff.; Jeremiah 23:24.
_If I_should _ascend up_ Another Aramaic word.
_if I make my bed in hell_ Render, and if I should make Sheol my
couch....
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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...
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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...
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If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell,
behold, thou art there.
IF I ASCEND UP INTO HEAVEN, THOU ART THERE: IF I MAKE MY BED IN HELL
(SHEOL, HADES-THE UNSEEN WORLD OF...
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HELL] RV 'Sheol,' i.e. the under-world....
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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...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING
PSALMS 139
Jesus said, "Your Father (God) knows how many hairs there are on your
head!" ...
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IF I MAKE MY BED IN HELL. — Literally, _If I make Sheôl my bed._
(For the thought see Amos 9:2, and comp. Proverbs 15:11; Job 26:6.)
This conviction that the underworld was not exempt from the vigilan...
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אִם ־אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה
וְ אַצִּ
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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...
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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'...
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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...
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_Battle. Against Goliath, or against the attempts of Saul, &c.
(Calmet) --- Prayer and divine grace are necessary, to guard us from
sin. (Worthington)_...
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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...
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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...
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IF I ASCEND UP INTO HEAVEN, THOU [ART] THERE,.... No man hath ascended
or can ascend to heaven of himself; it is an hyperbolical expression,
as are those that follow; none but Christ has ascended to h...
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_Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?_ From thy knowledge and
observation; or, from thee who art a Spirit? _Whither shall I flee
from thy presence?_ I can go nowhere but thou art there, observing and
j...
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7-16 We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not
desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant
corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy
r...
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IF I MAKE MY BED IN HELL; if I should or could repose and hide myself
in the grave, or in the lowest parts of the earth, which are at the
farthest distance from heaven....
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Psalms 139:8 ascend H5266 (H8799) heaven H8064 bed H3331 (H8686) hell
H7585
I ascend -...
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HELL
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_If I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art there._
GOD’S PRESENCE IN THE UNDER-WORLD
We are told that the Jew had no knowledge of a heaven for the soul,
that the only future he knew was that of a my...
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_Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit?_
THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD
I. Lay down some positions.
1. God is intimately and essentially in all parts and places of the
world. One of the heathen, being asked t...
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_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...
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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...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 139:7 The next section makes it clear that
there is no way the singer can escape such knowledge. There is nowhere
in the universe that God will not be present to LEAD and HOLD the...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 139:8 These verses use two pairs of opposites:
HEAVEN and SHEOL; THE WINGS OF THE MORNING and the uttermost parts of
the sea
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Amos 9:2; Ezekiel 28:12; Job 26:6; Job 34:21; Job 34:22;...
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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...
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Hell — If I could hide myself in the lowest parts of the earth....