Psalms 139:5

behind and before. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for every direction.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 139:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast beset me behind and before - The word rendered “beset” - צור tsûr - means properly to press; to press upon; to compress. It has re...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine (d) hand upon me. (d) You so guide me with your hand, that I can turn no way, but where you app...
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

In verse fifth some read — behind and before thou hast fashioned me; (203) but צור, tsur, often signifies to shut up, and David, ther...
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 hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Thou hast beset me behind and before - אחור וקדם צרתני achor vekodam tsartani, "Th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me - Thou a...
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

Beset ] surround, influence.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Beset — as a beleagured city from which there is no escape.
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 hast beset me behind and before ,.... Art on every side of me, all around me, like one besieged in a strait place; so that there is nothing I c...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Ver. 5. Thou hast beset me behind and before ] As a beast that is pursued, as a...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is not a word in my tongue , &c. Thou knowest what I speak, and with what design and disposition of mind. There is not a vain word, not a...
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 hast beset me behind and before, with thine all-seeing and all-disposing providence. And laid thine hand upon me; thou keepest me, as it wer...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 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

Deuteronomy 33:27 ; Exodus 24:11 ; Job 23:8 ; Job 23:9 ; Revelation 1:17
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Beset me — With thy all — seeing providence. And laid — Thou keepest me, as it were with a strong hand, in thy sight and under thy power.

⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 139:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin'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

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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 139:5