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CHAP. CXXXIX.
1 Dauid praiseth God for his all-seeing prouidence, 17 And for his infinite mercies. 19 He defieth the wicked. 23 Hee prayeth for sinceritie.
1 [To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme of Dauid.] O Lord, thou hast searched mee, and knowen me.
2 Thou knowest my downe sitting, and mine vprising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
3 Thou compassest my path, and my lying downe, and art acquainted with all my wayes.3
4 For there is not a worde in my tongue: but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind, and before: and laid thine hand vpon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderfull for me: it is high, I cannot attaine vnto it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy spirit? or whither shall I flie from thy presence?
8 If I ascend vp into heauen, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.8
9 If I take the wings of the morning: and dwell in the vttermost parts of the Sea:
10 Euen there shall thy hand leade me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkenes shall couer me: euen the night shall bee light about me.11
12 Yea the darkenesse hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darknes and the light are both alike to thee.12
Nothing secret to the eyes of God.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderfully made, marueilous are thy works: and that my soule knoweth right well.14
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret: and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.15
16 Thine eyes did see my substance yet being vnperfect, and in thy booke all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned: when as yet there was none of them.16
17 Howe precious also are thy thoughts vnto me, O God: how great is the summe of them?17
18 If I should count them, they are moe in number then the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speake against thee wickedly: and thine enemies take thy name in vaine.
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and knowe my heart: trie mee, and knowe my thoughts:
24 And see if there bee any wicked way in me: and leade me in the way euerlasting.24
View Wesley's Notes for Psalms Chapter 139
139:2 Afar off - Thou knowest what my thoughts will be in such and such circumstances, long before I know it, yea from all eternity.
139:3 Compassest - Thou discernest every step I take. It is a metaphor from soldiers besieging their enemies, and setting watches round about them.
139:5 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.
139:6 I cannot - Apprehend in what manner thou dost so presently know all things.
139:8 Hell - If I could hide myself in the lowest parts of the earth.
139:9 The wings - If I should flee from east to west: for the sea being the western border of Canaan, is often put for the west in scripture. And wings are poetically ascribed to the morning here, as they are elsewhere to the sun, and to the winds.
139:16 Imperfect - When I was first conceived. Book - In thy counsel and providence, by which thou didst contrive and effect this great work, according to that model which thou hadst appointed.
139:17 Thoughts - Thy counsels on my behalf. Thou didst not only form me at first, but ever since my conception and birth, thy thoughts have been employed for me.
139:18 Them - Thy wonderful counsels and works on my behalf come constantly into my mind.
139:22 Perfect hatred - See the difference between the Jewish and the Christian spirit!
Psalms Chapter 139 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
3 Or, winnowest.
8 Amos 9. 2,3,4.
11 Iob 26.6. heb.4.13.
12 Heb. darkeneth not. , Heb. as is the darkenes so is the light
14 Hebr. greatly.
15 Or, strength or body.
16 Heb. all of them. , Or, what dayes they should be fashioned.
17 Psal.40.6.
24 Heb. way of paine, or griefe.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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