“ And see if there be any wickede way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. ”
And see if there be any wicked way in me - Margin, “way of pain,” or “grief.” The Hebrew word properly means an image, an idol Isaiah 48:5 , but it also means pain, 1 Chronicles 4:9 ; Isaiah 1...
And see if [there be any] (p) wicked way in me, and lead me in the (q) way everlasting. (p) Or any heinous or rebellious way: meaning that though he was subject to sin, yet he was not given to wicke...
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...
wicked . painful or grievous. way. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the grief produced by it. way everlasting. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), App-6, f...
24. And lead me, etc. I see no foundation for the opinion of some that this is an imprecation, and that David adjudges himself over to punishment. It is true, that “the way of all the earth”...
DISCOURSE: 736 THE DIFFICULTY OF KNOWING OUR OWN STATE Psalms 139:23-24 . Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me...
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. If there be any wicked way - דרך עצב derech otseb: a way of idolatry or of error. Any thing false in religious principl...
In the way everlasting— As God's commandments are frequently said to be everlasting, the everlasting way, I suppose, says Mr. Mudge, means the way of God's law, in opposition to the wicked way,...
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts: And see if (there be any) wicked way in me, and lead me i...
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...
Wicked way. — The Hebrew may mean (after 1 Chronicles 4:9 ; Isaiah 14:3 ) way of sorrow, or (after Isaiah 48:5 ) way of an idol, i.e., idolatry, which is preferable. Way everlasting. — Ra...
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...
And see if [there be any] wicked way in me ,.... Not that David thought himself free from wickedness, or that there was none to be found in his heart and life; and therefore said this in a boasting...
And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. Ver. 24. And see if there be any wicked way in me ] Heb. any way of pain, or of grief, or of provocation; any cause...
Search me, O God Do thou, who art the searcher of hearts, judge whether I do not speak this from my very heart, and deal with me accordingly. See if there be any wicked way in me Hebrew, דרךְ עצב...
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...
Wicked way in me, Heb. way of trouble or grief ; any course of life which is grievous, either, 1. To myself, as all sin is to the sinner sooner or later: or, 2. To others; as I am accused of c...
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...
This is a Psalm we can never read too often. It will be to us one of the greatest safeguards against sin if we have its teaching constantly before our mind's eye, and the teaching of this Psalm is si...
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...
Colossians 2:6 ; Hebrews 12:15 ; Hebrews 12:16 ; Jeremiah 17:10 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; John 14:6 ; Matthew 7:14 ; Proverbs 28:26 ; Psalms 119:1 ; Psalms 119:32 ; Psalms 143:10 ; Psalms 143:8 ;...
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...