“ For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. ”
For thou hast possessed my reins - The word here rendered “possessed” means properly to “set upright,” to “erect,” and hence, the derivative of the verb is applied to a cane or reed, as being ere...
For thou hast (h) possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. (h) You have made me in all parts and therefore must know me.
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...
covered . woven me together. Compare Job 10:8 ; Job 10:11 .
13. For thou hast possessed my reins Apparently he prosecutes the same subject, though he carries it out somewhat farther, declaring that we need not be surprised at God’s knowledge of the m...
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. Thou hast possessed my reins - As the Hebrews believed that the reins were the first part of the human fetus that is formed...
Thou hast possessed my reins, &c.— Or, Thou hast formed my reins; thou hast compacted me.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. For thou (emphatic) hast possessed my reins. The "For" implies, it is no wonder that nothing appertaining to me is...
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...
For ... — The mystery of birth regarded as one of the greatest mysteries (see Ecclesiastes 11:5 ), is a proof of God’s omniscience. Possessed. — The context seems to require formed, fashioned,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For thou hast possessed my reins ,.... His thoughts and counsels, the reins being the seat of instruction and counsel; hence God is called the trier of the reins, and searcher of the hearts of the c...
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. Ver. 13. For thou hast possessed my reins ] The seat of mine affections. Thoughts kindle affections, and these cause tho...
Thou hast possessed Or, thou dost possess, my reins The most inward and hidden part of my body, supposed also to be the seat of men's lusts and passions: thou dwellest in them, thou art the owner...
The Omniscience of God. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascen...
Thou hast possessed; or, thou dost possess ; thou dwellest in them, thou art the Owner and Governor of them, and therefore must needs know them. Or, thou hast formed, as some of the ancients and...
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 139:1 . 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.»...
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...
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...
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...
Isaiah 44:2 ; Isaiah 46:3 ; Jeremiah 1:5 ; Job 10:9-12 ; Job 31:15 ; Psalms 22:10 ; Psalms 22:9 ; Psalms 71:6
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...