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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
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,.... Here the psalmist proceeds to observe the particular circumstances and actions of his life, which were known to God; as his "downsitting", either to take rest, as weary persons do. Schultens (a) explains it of the quiet rest in sleep; this the Lord knew when he betook himself to it, and to whose care he committed himself and family; under whose...
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
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, “My simplest acts, those which I scarcely premeditated.” Psa_139:2. Thou understandest my thought afar off. “Before I think it, when I think it, and when I forget it, thou dost understand my every thought.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou knowest my downsitting, and mine uprising, “Such common-place things as these, my sitting down at home, my rising up to go to my business, thou, O Lord, dost observe and know even such minor matters as these.” Psa_139:2. Thou understandest my thought afar off. “Before the thought has entered my mind, thou knowest what it will be. When I run far away from thee in my own apprehension, thou art...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. “Before I think it, while as yet it is not actually my thought, while it is still unformed, and far away, thou understandest it. Thou not only knowest what it is, but thou understandest it; — the motive from which it springs, the state of mind out of which it arises, and whereunto it tendeth: ‘Thou...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. “What I do, and what I do not do; my downsitting for rest, and my uprising for action ; — thou knowest me altogether, my most trivial deeds, and my most important movements. My thoughts are so well known to thee that, even before I think them, thou knowest what they will be. Thou needest not to come near to me...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thoughts afar off. It is a common enough thing to sit down and to rise up and I myself oftentimes scarce know why I do the one or the other, but thou knowest and understandest all. “Thou understandest my thought afar off.” My heart forms a thought that never comes to a word or an act, but thou not only dost perceive it, but thou...