Psalms 139:15

substance. frame. Hebrew. bone, as in Genesis 2:21; Genesis 2:22.

curiously. skillfully. Hebrew. embroidered. Compare Exodus 26:1; Exodus 35:35.

Related Commentaries of 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 “s...
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 moth...
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...
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, a...
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 fro...
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 mos...
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 h...
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,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In the lowest parts of the earth ] Probably the writer is speaking poetically of the mysterious origin of a human personality in the womb.
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 o...
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 omnisc...
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 descr...
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...
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...
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 bod...
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...
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, rathe...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Omniscience of God. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whit...
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...
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 a...
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...
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 o...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

May the all-seeing God, of whom this Psalm speaks, look down upon us and bless us richly while we read it! Psalms 139:1 . O LORD thou hast searche...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this Psalm, David praises God by specially dwelling upon the one attribute of omniscience. If we really wish to praise God, we must think of him a...
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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 ou...
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 representatio...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

For Thou hast possessed my reins: Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. God as the Creator of man I. He created man, who is a wonder to man...
The Biblical Illustrator

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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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 4:9 ; Exodus 11:5 ; Job 10:9-11 ; Psalms 63:9 ; Psalms 139:13
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...

¹⁵ My substancec was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 139:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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