Psalms 139:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. ”

Psalms 139:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me - If I seek to find refuge in the darkness of the night so that God would not see me. The word rendered “cover” - שׁוף shûph - means properly to...
Psalms 139:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be (g) light about me. (g) Though darkness is a hinderance to man's sight, yet is serves your eyes as well as the light.
Psalms 139:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 the...
Psalms 139:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. If I shall say, etc. David represents himself as a man using every possible method to make his escape from a situation of embarrassment. So having acknowledged that it was vain to dream...
Psalms 139:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 734 THE OMNIPRESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE OF GOD Psalms 139:1-12 . O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoug...
Psalms 139:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Surely the darkness shall cover me - Should I suppose that this would serve to screen me, immediately this darkne...
Psalms 139:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. "Cover" - literally...
Psalms 139:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 ver...
Psalms 139:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If I say ... — Rather, I say only let darkness crush me, And light become night around me. Commentators have mostly been frightened by the metaphor in the first line, though it has been preserved...
Psalms 139:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 139:1-24 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...
Psalms 139:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the All-seeing God Psalms 139:1-13 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...
Psalms 139:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 firs...
Psalms 139:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 li...
Psalms 139:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me ,.... The darkness of a cloud or of the night, so that my actions shall not be seen; that is, if I entertain such a thought in my mind, that what I do in...
Psalms 139:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Ver. 11. The darkness shall cover me ] The Hebrew phrase is taken from beasts that lie a-squat, saith Diodati,...
Psalms 139:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? From thy knowledge and observation; or, from thee who art a Spirit? Whither shall I flee from thy presence? I can go nowhere but thou art there, observing and...
Psalms 139:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Omniscience of God. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascen...
Psalms 139:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall be as clear and manifest to God as the light itself.
Psalms 139:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 t...
Psalms 139:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:11 I. There is the darkness of perplexity. If ever it be worth while to think over what have been our most unhappy moments, we shall find that they have been those when our mind was div...
Psalms 139:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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.»...
Psalms 139:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 t...
Psalms 139:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 Br...
Psalms 139:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 139:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 29:15 ; Jeremiah 23:24 ; Job 12:22 ; Job 22:12-14 ; Psalms 10:11-13 ; Psalms 94:7
Psalms 139:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Thou God Seest Me Selections from Psalms 139:1-24 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 auth...

Psalms 139:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 139:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 139:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 139:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 139:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 139:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 139:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 139:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 139:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 139:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 139:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 139:11 - Wells of Living Water Commentary