Psalms 139:3
What meaning of the psalms 139:3 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 139:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Thou compassesta my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways."
What does Psalms 139:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Thou compassesta my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways."
Verse Psalms 139:3. _THOU COMPASSEST MY PATH_] זרית _zeritha_ thou dost winnow, ventilate, or _sift_ my path; and my lying down, רבעי _ribi_, my _lair_, my _bed_. _AND ART ACQUAINTED_] _Thou treasure...
THOU COMPASSEST MY PATH ... - Margin, “winnowest.” The Hebrew word - זרה _zârâh_ - means properly “to scatter,” to cast loosely about - as the wind does dust; and then, to winnow - to wit, by throwi...
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...
COMPASSEST. scrutinisest. LYING DOWN. bed. ART ACQUAINTED WITH. well knowest, or hast inspected....
God's perfect knowledge of all the Psalmist's life and thoughts....
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...
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...
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. THOU COMPASSEST MY PATH AND MY LYING DOWN, AND ART ACQUAINTED (ART FAMILIAR) WITH ALL MY WAYS. "Thou compassest" [z...
139:3 out (a-3) Lit. 'siftest.'...
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...
COMPASSEST. — There is some obscurity about this word. The Hebrew verb means first _to scatter,_ and is used of throwing corn about to winnow it (Isaiah 30:24; Jeremiah 4:11; Ruth 3:2). Hence by an ea...
אָרְחִ֣י וְ רִבְעִ֣י זֵרִ֑יתָ וְֽ כָל ־דְּרָכַ֥י הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃...
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...
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'...
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...
Thou (b) compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways. (b) So that they are evidently known to you....
_Battles. And formed plots to destroy the just. (Worthington)_...
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...
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...
THOU COMPASSEST MY PATH AND MY LYING DOWN,.... The Targum adds, "to study in the law.'' His walk in the daytime, and every step he took, and his lying down at night. It denotes his perfect knowledge...
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways. Ver. 3. _Thou compassest my path_] Or, Thou winnowest; if there be any chaff or trash, thou wilt make it fly; thou ar...
_O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me_ That is, known me exactly, as men know those things which they diligently search out. _Thou knowest my down-sitting_, &c. All my postures and motions; my...
COMPASSEST: Or, winnowest...
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 to...
THOU COMPASSEST MY PATH; thou watchest me on every side, and therefore discernest every step which I take. It is a metaphor either from huntsmen watching all the motions and lurking-places of wild bea...
Psalms 139:3 comprehend H2219 (H8765) path H734 down H7252 acquainted H5532 (H8689) ways H1870 compassest - or, winnowest, Job 13:26-27, Job 14:16-17, Job 31:4; Matthew 3:12 my path - Psalms 139:18,...
Psalms 139:1 The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take count of every detail of our character and conduct, nei...
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...
2 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 11:27; 2 Samuel 12:9; 2 Samuel 8:14; Acts 5:3; Acts 5:4; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Genesis 28:10; Isaiah 29:15;...
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...
Compassest — Thou discernest every step I take. It is a metaphor from soldiers besieging their enemies, and setting watches round about them....