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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. It shall be light to the eyes of God, for he depends not upon the light in order that he may see. Light is a most welcome aid to our poor optics; but God sees just as well in the darkness: “Even the night shall be light about me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. “The very night shall change its nature, and turn from darkness into light.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. For, mystery of mysteries, and more wondrous still, thou not only dost observe, but thou always hast observed, and thou hast not only...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee,.... Any thing that is done by men in it; or "darkeneth not from thee" (i), or causeth such darkness as to hinder the sight of any action committed. The Targum is, "from thy Word;'' see Hebrews 4:12; but the night shineth as the day; or "enlightens as the day" (k), gives as much light with respect to God as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; It hides from eyes which are but mortal; but thou art pure spirit, and thou discernest not through the impinging of light upon the retina of the eye.” Psa_139:12. But the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Now the psalmist goes back to the very foundation and origin...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. This is a very commonplace truth, and yet how seldom do men realize it! They still fancy that, when the night comes on, and they are not perceived by mortal eyes, they may do what they will; but there is no curtain in the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. See, my dear brethren, how we dwell continually under the inspection of God. You have seen bees in a glass hive, and watched all their movements, or you have put an insect under a powerful microscope, and examined every part...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For thou hast possessed my reins,.... His thoughts and counsels, the reins being the seat of instruction and counsel; hence God is called the trier of the reins, and searcher of the hearts of the children of men; he is the possessor or master of their most secret thoughts, and thoroughly knows them; see Psalms 7:9; they are also the seat of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. He was no agnostic, he never dreamed of being a know-nothing.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast possessed my reins: “Thou art within the secret portions of my bodily frame.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Hence Galen, the oldest and the best-known of the ancient surgeons, was wont to say that an undevout anatomist must be mad, as another said that an undevout astronomer was mad, for there is such a marvellous display of skill and wisdom, delicacy...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast possessed my reins: — “The innermost parts of my being,— thou hast possessed them as thine own. Thou knowest as much about them as a man knows of the rooms in his own house: ‘Thon hast possessed my reins:’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; — That is a very sweet thing for the psalmist to say. Just when he felt stricken with awe by reason of this august attribute of the omniscience of Jehovah, he looks up to his God, and says, “I will praise thee;”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast possessed my reins: “Those secret organs of my body which I cannot see, and whose working I can only imperfectly comprehend.” Psa_139:13. Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. “Even before I came on the stage of action, thou wast exercising wondrous care over me.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made,.... the formation of man is not of himself, nor of his parents, but of God, and is very wonderful in all its parts; it has been matter of astonishment to many Heathens, as Galen and others, who have, with any carefulness, examined the structure and texture of the human body, the exact...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Anyone who understands anatomy will tell you that man is strangely formed. So fearfully are we made that our life stands in constant jeopardy; it looks as if every breath might be our last, and every pulse might speedily end our life. You cannot examine a blood vessel — especially some of the very small...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
I will praise thee; — That is a good resolution for each one of us, as well as the psalmist, to make. As God sees me, let me praise him; it will be pleasing to him to hear me praising him: “I will praise thee; “ — Psa_139:14. For I am fearfully and wonderfully made : — Nobody can rightly study the anatomy of the human body, and see the beautiful...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 body, the strength of it; and so some render it "my strength" (o); those, though covered with skin and flesh yet, being done by the Lord himself, were not hid from him; nor the manner of their production...