“ For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. ”
For they speak against thee wickedly - This is one form or manifestation of their character as wicked people, that they speak maliciously against God. The psalmist, therefore, desired to have not...
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...
wickedly . rebelliously (pre-meditated).
20. Who have spoken of thee wickedly. He intimates the extent to which the wicked proceed when God spares them, and forbears to visit them with vengeance. They not merely conclude that they...
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Thine enemies take thy name in vain - Bishop Horsley translates the whole verse thus: - "They have deserted me who...
Take thy name in vain— Take thee to falsehood. " Take thee ( thy name is generally expressed) only to swear falsely by thee." Mudge.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. For they speak against thee wickedly - literally, 'for wickedness.' "They speak against thee." So the Syriac. Co...
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 they speak. — Better, Who rebel against thee. This is actually the reading of the fifth of the Greek translations preserved by Origen, and entails only a change of the vowel pointing. And t...
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...
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...
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...
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...
For they speak against thee wickedly ,.... Against his being, his perfections, his purposes, his providences, his doctrines, ordinances, ministers, and people; or "they speak of thee for wickedness"...
For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain. Ver. 20. For they speak against thee wickedly ] Inasmuch as they speak against me; Tua causa erit inca causa, Y...
For they speak against thee wickedly It is not so much me that they persecute, in opposing, misrepresenting, and speaking against me, as virtue and piety, in persecuting which they oppose and spe...
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...
They speak against thee wickedly, by profane scoffs, and a professed denial or contempt of thine omniscience and providence. Or, they speak of thee in or unto wickedness; they make use of religio...
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 139:19-24 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 139:1 . 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,...
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...
Exodus 20:7 ; Isaiah 37:23 ; Isaiah 37:28 ; Isaiah 37:29 ; Job 21:14 ; Job 21:15 ; Jude 1:15 ; Psalms 2:1-3 ; Psalms 7:1 ; Psalms 73:8 ; Psalms 73:9 ; Revelation 13:6
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...