Psalms 139:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. ”

Psalms 139:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I ascend up into heaven - The word “heaven” here, in the original is in the plural number - “heavens,” - and includes all that there is above the earth - the highest worlds. If I make my be...
Psalms 139:8 - 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 139:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hell . Sheol. See App-35. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Psalms 139:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 734 THE OMNIPRESENCE AND OMNISCIENCE OF GOD Psalms 139:1-12 . O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising; thou understandest my thoug...
Psalms 139:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there . If I ascend - Thou art in heaven, in thy glory; in hell, in thy vindictive justice; and in all parts...
Psalms 139:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in hell (Sheol, Hades-the unseen wor...
Psalms 139:8 - 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 139:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If I make my bed in hell. — Literally, If I make Sheôl my bed. (For the thought see Amos 9:2 , and comp. Proverbs 15:11 ; Job 26:6 .) This conviction that the underworld was not exempt from t...
Psalms 139:8 - 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 139:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 139:8 - 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 139:8 - 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 139:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there ,.... No man hath ascended or can ascend to heaven of himself; it is an hyperbolical expression, as are those that follow; none but Christ has ascended t...
Psalms 139:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there]. Ver. 8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there ] That is thy proper place; and there Aristotle...
Psalms 139:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? From thy knowledge and observation; or, from thee who art a Spirit? Whither shall I flee from thy presence? I can go nowhere but thou art there, observing and...
Psalms 139:8 - 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 139:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If I make my bed in hell; if I should or could repose and hide myself in the grave, or in the lowest parts of the earth, which are at the farthest distance from heaven.
Psalms 139:8 - 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 139:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

hell Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Psalms 139:8 - 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 139:8 - 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 139:8 - 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 139:8 - 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 139:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:2-4 ; Ezekiel 28:12-17 ; Job 26:6 ; Job 34:21 ; Job 34:22 ; Jonah 2:2 ; Obadiah 1:4 ; Proverbs 15:11
Psalms 139:8 - 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 139:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hell — If I could hide myself in the lowest parts of the earth.

Psalms 139:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 139:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 139:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 139:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 139:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 139:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 139:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 139:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 139:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 139:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 139:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 139:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 139:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 139:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 139:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes