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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139 - Introduction

* God knows all things. (1-6) He is every where present. (7-16) The psalmist's hatred to sin, and desire to be led aright. (17-24)

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See also Psalms 139 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm purports to be a psalm of David, and there is no reason to doubt that it is properly attributed to him. See introduction to Psalms 138:1. At what time it was composed is, however, unknown....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The consciousness of the intimate personal relation between God and man which is characteristic of the whole Psalter reaches its climax here. The omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence of Jehovah...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    CXXXIX. This psalm falls into four strophes unequal in length, but clearly marked. Had it ended at the third it could have been easily described as a poem on the omniscience and omnipresence of God, a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 139 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM OF DAVID. This psalm was written by David, when he lay under the reproach and calumnies of men, who laid false things to his charge; things he...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2945. B.C. 1059._ This Psalm is, by many of the Jewish doctors, esteemed the most excellent in the whole book. The matter of it is noble and sublime, and so is the style. It begins with a devou...

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