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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...
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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...
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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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BEHIND AND BEFORE. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6,
put for every direction....
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God's perfect knowledge of all the Psalmist's life and thoughts....
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_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...
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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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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...
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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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BESET] surround, influence....
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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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BESET — as a beleagured city from which there is no escape....
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אָחֹ֣ור וָ קֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי וַ
תָּ֖שֶׁת עָל
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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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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....
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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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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,...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 139:5 hedged H6696 (H8804) behind H268 before H6924 laid H7896
(H8799) hand H3709
beset me -...
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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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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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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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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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_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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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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Deuteronomy 33:27; Exodus 24:11; Job 23:8; Job 23:9; Revelation 1:17...
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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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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....