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Psalms 139:7-8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: For so it runs in the Hebrew. The translators put in the word “art”, as you can see by the italics. “If I ascend up into heaven, thou there,” that is all the psalmist says.

Psalms 139:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? “Thou art everywhere, and thy far-seeing eye will behold me in every place; vain is it, therefore, for me to think that I can ever flee from thy presence.” Is it not a very striking thought that every sin is committed in the presence of God? He must be a very bold rebel who would insult his monarch to his...

Psalms 139:7

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Whither shall I go from thy spirit! or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? “I do not want to do so, but it would be quite impossible for me to flee from thy presence even it I wished to do so. Neither by steady marching, nor by rapid flight, can I get away from thee.”

Psalms 139:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou. Again it is more emphatic without the words supplied by the translators. “Thou, O God, art in the depths as well as in the heights, Thou art everything in every place, all in all art thou.”

Psalms 139:8-10

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If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost part of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. Well did Dr. Watts write,— If mounted on a morning ray,? I fly beyond the western sea, Thy swifter hand...

Psalms 139:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: The Hebrew is, “Thou there;” as if there was nothing else there but God. Psa_139:8. If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. This seemed even more wonderful to the psalmist than that God was in heaven; so he put in a “behold “ — “ Behold, thou.”

Psalms 139:8

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

; Psa_139:10. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold, me. How swift he supposes his flight to be, as swift as the light, for he borrows the wings of...

Psalms 139:9-10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, “If the breath of the morning breeze should bear me far away across the pathless sea, thou art there before me; if I ride upon a flash of light, thou art swifter than the sunbeam: even there shall thy hand lead me.” The lone...

Psalms 139:10-12

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And thy right hand shall hold me. 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. It is impossible to conceive that God should need the light in order to see. He can see as well in the...

Psalms 139:10-11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

And thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. “There is no escaping that way, for the night shall be transformed into light; and I shall be as clearly perceived in the darkness as in the daylight.”

Psalms 139:10

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Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. “I cannot go there except by thy leading, and I shall not be there except by thine uplifting. There is no way by which I can keep away from God even if I try to do so. If, instead of living in the light, I seek to hide myself in the darkness, what then ?”

Psalms 139:11

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.”

Psalms 139:11-12

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...

Psalms 139:12

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...

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