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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 139 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm was written by David, when he lay under the reproach and calumnies of men, who laid false things to his charge; things he was not conscious of either in the time of Saul's persecution of him, or when his son Absalom rebelled against him: and herein he appeals to the heart searching and rein trying God for his...
John Gill
Even there shall thy hand lead me,.... For he could not get there with all the assistance of the wings of the morning, could they be had, without the leadings of divine Providence; and when there, being a good man, should experience the leadings of divine grace; let the people of God be where they will, he heads them as a parent his child, teaching him to go; and as a shepherd his flock, into...
Matthew Henry
Some of the Jewish doctors are of opinion that this is the most excellent of all the psalms of David; and a very pious devout meditation it is upon the doctrine of God's omniscience, which we should therefore have our hearts fixed upon and filled with in singing this psalm. I. This doctrine is here asserted, and fully laid down, ver. 1-6. II. It is confirmed by two arguments:—1. God is every...
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 missionary in the furthest parts of the earth is led by...
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 midnight shades as in the blaze of noon. Let no man...
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, “I cannot go anywhere except thou dost enable me to go.”
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.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
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 would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive....
Charles H. Spurgeon
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 ?”