Psalms 139:15 Commentary, explanation, 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. ”

Psalms 139:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Psalms 139:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 o...
Psalms 139:15 - 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 139:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

substance . frame. Hebrew. bone, as in Genesis 2:21 ; Genesis 2:22 . curiously . skillfully. Hebrew. embroidered. Compare Exodus 26:1 ; Exodus 35:35 .
Psalms 139:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 artificer...
Psalms 139:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - עצמי atsmi, my bones or skeleton. Curiou...
Psalms 139:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 Omnipre...
Psalms 139:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 substa...
Psalms 139:15 - 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 139:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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....
Psalms 139:15 - 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 139:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Thoughts and Ours Psalms 139:14-24 God's creative power, Psalms 139:14-18 . The psalmist goes back to the beginning of life and describes the weaving of our physical nature. Here we m...
Psalms 139:15 - 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 139:15 - 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 139:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 s...
Psalms 139:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Psalms 139:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 139:15 - 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 139:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 bon...
Psalms 139:15 - 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 139:15 - 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 139:15 - 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 139:15 - 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 139:15 - 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 139:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 4:9 ; Exodus 11:5 ; Job 10:9-11 ; Psalms 63:9 ; Psalms 139:13
Psalms 139:15 - 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 139:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 139:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 139:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 139:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 139:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 139:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 139:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 139:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 139:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 139:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 139:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 139:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary