Psalms 139:3

compassest. scrutinisest.

lying down. bed.

art acquainted with. well knowest, or hast inspected.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 139:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou compassest my path ... - Margin, “winnowest.” The Hebrew word - זרה zârâh - means properly “to scatter,” to cast loosely about - as th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou (b) compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways. (b) So that they are evidently known to you.
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...
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-sitti...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Thou compassest my path - זרית zeritha thou dost winnow, ventilate,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted...
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

Compassest] RM 'winnowest,' i.e. scrutinisest.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Compassest. — There is some obscurity about this word. The Hebrew verb means first to scatter, and is used of throwing corn about to winnow it (...
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

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 ther...
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

Thou compassest my path and my lying down ,.... The Targum adds, "to study in the law.'' His walk in the daytime, and every step he took, and his...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways. Ver. 3. Thou compassest my path ] Or, Thou winnowest; if there b...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me That is, known me exactly, as men know those things which they diligently search out. Thou knowest my...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Omniscience of God. To the chief musician. A psalm of David. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou compassest my path; thou watchest me on every side, and therefore discernest every step which I take. It is a metaphor either from huntsmen wa...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:1-3 The fact that God is always present and knows every minute trifle in our lives, and that His unerring judgment will assuredly take...
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

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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...
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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

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The Biblical Illustrator

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. God knows and takes strict and accurate notice of all our ways...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Compassest — Thou discernest every step I take. It is a metaphor from soldiers besieging their enemies, and setting watches round about them.

³ Thou compassesta my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 139:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

Sermon Bible 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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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