What does Psalms 139:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"My substancec was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."
Verse Psalms 139:15. _MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE_] עצמי _atsmi_, my _bones_ or _skeleton_. _CURIOUSLY WROUGHT_] רקמתי _rukkamti_, embroidered, _made of_ _needlework_. These two words, says Bi...
MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE - Thou didst see it; thou didst understand it altogether, when it was hidden from the eyes of man. The word “substance” is rendered in the margin, “strength” or “bod...
Psalms 139 In the Divine Presence _ 1. His omniscience (Psalms 139:1)_ 2. His omnipresence (Psalms 139:7) 3. Praising Him (Psalms 139:13) 4. Delighting in His holiness (Psalms 139:19) Here we se...
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. frame. Hebrew. bone, as in Genesis 2:21; Genesis 2:22. CURIOUSLY. skillfully. Hebrew. embroidered. Compare Exodus 26:1; Exodus 35:35....
God must know the Psalmist perfectly, for He ordered the first beginnings of his life, and foresaw all his destiny....
CURIOUSLY WROUGHT— Bishop Lowth, speaking of _images_ in the Hebrew poetry, taken from _things sacred,_ has the following observation: "In that most perfect hymn, where the immensity of the Omnipresen...
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...
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE, WHEN I WAS MADE IN SECRET "My substance...
139:15 were (d-3) Or 'framework was.'...
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!" (MATTHEW 10:30) PSALMS 139 (This is) for the music...
SUBSTANCE. — Aquila “bones,” LXX. and Vulg. “bone,” Symmachus “strength.” Perhaps, generally, _body._ But the common Hebrew word for bone differs only in the pointing. IN SECRET. — Comp. _Æ_sch. _Eum...
לֹא ־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר ־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַ † סֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽ תַחְתִּיֹּ֥ות אָֽרֶץ׃...
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...
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought (k) in the lowest parts of the earth. (k) That is, in my mother's womb: which he compares to the inward parts of...
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...
15._My strength was not hid from thee _That nothing is hid from God David now begins to prove from the way in which man is at first formed, and points out God’s superiority to other artificers in this...
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...
MY SUBSTANCE WAS NOT HID FROM THEE WHEN I WAS MADE IN SECRET,.... Or "my bone" n; everyone of his bones, which are the substantial parts of the body, the strength of it; and so some render it "my stre...
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Ver. 15. _My substance was not hid from thee_] _Ossatio mea, id est, ossium et...
_My substance was not hid from thee_ Hebrews עצמי, _my bone._ So the LXX. το οστουν μου. _Bone_ may be here taken collectively for _bones_, or, rather for the whole fabric of the bones: or may be put...
SUBSTANCE: Or, strength or body...
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 re...
MY SUBSTANCE; or, _My bone_, as the LXX. and others render the word. And _bone_ may be here taken collectively for bones, as is usual in such words, or for the whole fabric of the bones And the bones...
Psalms 139:15 frame H6108 hidden H3582 (H8738) made H6213 (H8795) secret H5643 wrought H7551 (H8795) parts H8482 earth H776 substance - or, strength, or body when I - Psalms 139:13; Job 10:9-11; Exo...
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...
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...
_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 Broug...
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...
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 psal...
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...
Ephesians 4:9; Exodus 11:5; Job 10:9; Psalms 63:9; Psalms 139:13...
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...