Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Psalms 139:20
Take thy name in vain— Take thee to falsehood. "Take thee (thy name is generally expressed) only to swear falsely by thee." Mudge.
Take thy name in vain— Take thee to falsehood. "Take thee (thy name is generally expressed) only to swear falsely by thee." Mudge.
Verse Psalms 139:20. _THINE ENEMIES TAKE_ thy name _in vain._] Bishop _Horsley_ translates the whole verse thus: - "They have deserted me who are disobedient to thee; "They who are sworn to a rash p...
FOR THEY SPEAK AGAINST THEE WICKEDLY - This is one form or manifestation of their character as wicked people, that they speak maliciously against God. The psalmist, therefore, desired to have nothing...
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...
WICKEDLY. rebelliously (pre-meditated)....
But how can this omniscient God tolerate the existence of wicked men, who blaspheme and hate Him? With such the Psalmist will have no fellowship; and he concludes with a prayer that God will purify hi...
_For they speak against thee_ This rendering involves a questionable construction. That of R.V. marg. _utter thy name_, lit. _thee_, i.e. swear falsely by thy name, suits the parallelism, but is also...
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...
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. FOR THEY SPEAK AGAINST THEE WICKEDLY - literally, 'for wickedness.' "They speak against thee." So the Syriac. Compare...
139:20 wickedly, (f-6) Or 'with evil intent.' enemies. (g-14) Or '[They] who speak wickedly of thee have lifted up themselves to lying, -- thine enemies.'...
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...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING PSALMS 139 Jesus said, "Your Father (God) knows how many hairs there are on your head!" ...
FOR THEY SPEAK. — Better, _Who rebel against thee._ This is actually the reading of the fifth of the Greek translations preserved by Origen, and entails only a change of the vowel pointing. AND THINE...
אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ לִ מְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַ †...
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...
If we needed any farther evidence as to whom this Psalm can with any propriety be otherwise applied, what is here said in conclusion must direct our hearts to the blessed Jesus, and to him only. Who i...
20._Who have spoken of thee wickedly. _He intimates the extent to which the wicked proceed when God spares them, and forbears to visit them with vengeance. They not merely conclude that they may perpe...
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...
FOR THEY SPEAK AGAINST THEE WICKEDLY,.... Against his being, his perfections, his purposes, his providences, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers, and people; or "they speak of thee for wickedness" b,...
For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain. Ver. 20. _For they speak against thee wickedly_] Inasmuch as they speak against me; _Tua causa erit inca causa,_ You...
_For they speak against thee wickedly_ It is not so much _me_ that they persecute, in opposing, misrepresenting, and speaking against me, as virtue and piety, in persecuting which they oppose and spea...
17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all...
THEY SPEAK AGAINST THEE WICKEDLY, by profane scoffs, and a professed denial or contempt of thine omniscience and providence. Or, THEY SPEAK OF THEE IN OR UNTO WICKEDNESS; they make use of religion to...
Psalms 139:20 speak H559 (H8799) wickedly H4209 enemies H6145 take H5375 (H8804) vain H7723 for they speak -...
Psalms 139:19 I. There is a peculiarity of expression in this Psalm which we certainly should not find in any Christian hymn, and one which cannot fail to strike us. What can be more remarkable than t...
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...
_Surely Thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me, therefore, ye bloody men._ INDIGNATION AGAINST THE WICKED I. Here is a fact in relation to the moral government of God. That fact is the ult...
_How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God._ THOUGHTS OF GOD The sense of God’s nearness brings thoughts of God. The devout soul cherishes these thoughts, and they become to it a joy unspeak...
_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 139:19 The WICKED person, who joins with MEN OF BLOOD, who SPEAK AGAINST God WITH MALICIOUS INTENT, is someone who activ
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...
Exodus 20:7; Isaiah 37:23; Isaiah 37:28; Isaiah 37:29; Job 21:14;...
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...