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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
For [there is] not a word in my tongue,.... Expressed by it or upon it, just ready to be spoken; or, as the Targum, "when there is no word in my tongue:'' so Aben Ezra, "before it was perfect in my tongue:'' before it is formed there; while it is in the mind, and not expressed, and even before that; [but], lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether; the whole of it, from whence it springs; the reason...
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
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. “When it is in my tongue, and not spoken, like a seed sown, hidden away, not yet sprouted, thou, O Jehovah, knowest it altogether!”
Charles H. Spurgeon
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. “Not only the words of my tongue, but the words in my tongue, are known to thee, O Lord.” As we sang just now, “My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known; He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. He knows the words I mean to speak, Ere from my opening lips they break. God sees the word that is lying quietly on the tongue as well as the word which has been uttered by the tongue. “Thou knowest it altogether.” God’s knowledge is not partial or imperfect. He never misjudges any, for he is acquainted with every...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. “Thou not only knowest what it is, but thou knowest all about it; — even the word which I have not yet spoken, the word that is in my tongue, as well as the word that is on my tongue. Those seeds of speech, that have as yet not grown into words, thou knowest them altogether.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Not only the words on my tongue, but those that slumber in my tongue, the unspoken words, thou knowest them perfectly and altogether.