Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 139:16
Imperfect — When I was first conceived. Book — In thy counsel and providence, by which thou didst contrive and effect this great work, according to that model which thou hadst appointed.
Imperfect — When I was first conceived. Book — In thy counsel and providence, by which thou didst contrive and effect this great work, according to that model which thou hadst appointed.
Verse Psalms 139:16. _THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE_] גלמי _golmi_, my _embryo state_-my yet indistinct mass, when all was _wrapped up_ together, before it was gradually unfolded into the lineament...
THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE, YET BEING UNPERFECT - This whole verse is very obscure, but the “idea” in this expression clearly is, “Before I had shape or form thou didst see what I was to be.” The...
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...
SUBSTANCE... UNPERFECT. unfinished substance. Not the same word as in Psalms 139:15. One word in Hebrew. UNPERFECT. Not imperfect. WHICH IN CONTINUANCE. the days which were ordered, or in which they...
God must know the Psalmist perfectly, for He ordered the first beginnings of his life, and foresaw all his destiny....
_my substance, yet being unperfect_ R.V. mine unperfect substance. The word (_gôlem_) is a different one from that in Psalms 139:15, and denotes the undeveloped embryo. Cp. Aram, _gôlmâ_, an unfinishe...
THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE, &C.— Or, _Thine eyes did see my rude mass; and on thy books were all written, as they were daily fashioned, when,_ &c. Before any of his limbs were in being, they were...
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...
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. THINE EYES DID SEE MY SU...
139:16 days (e-19) Or 'continuously.'...
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...
A most obscure verse. 'Thine eyes beheld my' (yet) 'unformed substance, and in thy book were they all written,' (even) 'the days which were preordained when as yet there was none of them.' The Psalmis...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING PSALMS 139 Jesus said, "Your Father (God) knows how many hairs there are on your head!" ...
This difficult verse, rendered word for word, gives — “My fœtus (literally, _rolled_) saw thine eyes, And on thy book all of them were written; Days were formed, and not (or, as the Hebrew margin, _...
גָּלְמִ֤י ׀ רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְ עַֽל ־סִפְרְךָ֮...
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...
GOD'S THOUGHTS AND OURS Psalms 139:14 _ God's creative power,_ Psalms 139:14. The psalmist goes back to the beginning of life and describes the weaving of our physical nature. Here we may discover a...
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...
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; (l) and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them. (l) Seeing that y...
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...
16._Thine eyes beheld my shapelessness, etc. _The embryo, when first conceived in the womb, has no form; and David speaks of God’s having known him when he was yet a shapeless mass, τὸ κύημα _, _as th...
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...
THINE EYES DID SEE MY SUBSTANCE, YET BEING UNPERFECT,.... The word q for "substance" signifies a bottom of yarn wound up, or any rude or unformed lump; and designs that conglomerated mass of matter se...
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them. Ver. 16. _Thine eyes...
_Thine eyes did see my substance_ Hebrews גלמי, _my rude mass_, as Dr. Waterland renders the word: _massa rudis et intricata adhuc_, says Buxtorf, _neque in veram formam evoluta, a mass, yet rude and...
ALL MY MEMBERS: _ Heb._ all of them WHICH IN CONTINUANCE WERE FASHIONED: Or, what days they should be fashioned...
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...
YET BEING UNPERFECT; when I was a mere embryo, a rude and shapeless lump, when I was first conceived. IN THY BOOK; in thy counsel and providence, by which thou didst contrive and effect this great wor...
Psalms 139:16 eyes H5869 saw H7200 (H8804) unformed H1564 book H5612 written H3789 (H8735) days H3117 fashioned
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...
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...
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...
_My substance was not hid from Thee, when I was made in secret._ DAILY GROWTH God, being one, the author of nature as of grace, worketh harmoniously in both His kingdoms. And as in other ways, so in...
_For Thou hast possessed my reins: Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb._ GOD AS THE CREATOR OF MAN I. He created man, who is a wonder to man’s self (verses 13, 14). II. He created man, who come...
_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 139:13 These verses illustrate the point of vv. Psalms 139:11 by describing a particular “dark place” where the Lord saw and cared for the singer, namely, his...
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...
Malachi 3:16; Psalms 56:8; Revelation 20:12...
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...
Can it be inferred from this verse that the Bible considers abortion to be murder? PROBLEM: According to this passage, God looks upon the unborn as a human being. However, if the unborn is fully huma...