Psalms 139:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. ”

Psalms 139:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God - Compare the notes at Isaiah 11:4 . The literal translation of this would be, “If thou wilt slay the wicked.” It is not easy to account for the sudden an...
Psalms 139:19 - 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 139:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Surely, &c. These six verses (19-24) are not an "interpolation". They are required to complete the Structure. See above. Thou wilt slay, &c. This is Omnipotent work. Compare Job 40:9-14...
Psalms 139:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. If thou shalt slay, etc. It is unnatural to seek, as some have done, to connect this with the preceding verse. Nor does it seem proper to view the words as expressing a wish — “I wish,”...
Psalms 139:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked - The remaining part of this Psalm has no visible connection with the preceding. I r...
Psalms 139:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How precious, &c.— This expresses the zeal and affection that he had for God. "As thou hast taken such care of me, so are the thoughts of thee precious to me above all things." The turn of the...
Psalms 139:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. Surely, х 'im ( H518 )] - literally, 'If;' elliptical: If only "thou wilt slay the wicked, O God," I shal...
Psalms 139:19 - 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 139:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Slay the wicked. — This abrupt transition from a theme so profound and fascinating to fierce indignation against the enemies of God, would certainly be strange anywhere but in the Psalms. And yet,...
Psalms 139:19 - 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 139:19 - 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 139:19 - 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 139:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we needed any farther evidence as to whom this Psalm can with any propriety be otherwise applied, what is here said in conclusion must direct our hearts to the blessed Jesus, and to him only. Who...
Psalms 139:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God ,.... Since he is God omniscient, and knows where they are, what they have done, are doing, and design to do; and God omnipresent, at hand to lay hold upon th...
Psalms 139:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. Ver. 19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked ] Those that traduce and slander me for a hypocrite and a Belialist. Som...
Psalms 139:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Surely, thou wilt slay the wicked, O God And as thou hast precious and gracious thoughts toward me, (which thou also hast toward all that love and fear thee,) so thou wilt not now desert me and lea...
Psalms 139:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Omniscience of God. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I...
Psalms 139:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked: and as thou hast precious and gracious thoughts towards me, and all that love and fear thee; so thou hast other kinds of thoughts and purposes towards wicked men,...
Psalms 139:19 - 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 139:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:19-24 I. There is a peculiarity of expression in this Psalm which we certainly should not find in any Christian hymn, and one which cannot fail to strike us. What can be more remarkable...
Psalms 139:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 139:1 . O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. God does not need to «search» us, for that implies a want of knowledge, a knowledge obtained by search. But the meaning of the text is,...
Psalms 139:19 - 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 139:19 - 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 139:19 - 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 139:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 6:17 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Matthew 25:41 ; Matthew 7:23 ; Psalms 119:115 ; Psalms 5:6 ; Psalms 55:23 ; Psalms 6:8 ; Psalms 64:7 ; Psalms 9:17 ; Psalms 94:23
Psalms 139:19 - 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 139:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 139:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 139:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 139:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 139:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 139:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 139:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 139:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:19 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 139:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 139:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 139:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 139:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary