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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
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me,.... Meaning either the knowledge of himself, such as God had of him, which was vastly superior to what he had of himself; and especially the knowledge of other persons and things, whether visible or invisible, in heaven, earth, or hell; things past, present, and to come; or else the manner in which God knew all this was amazing to him, and quite...
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
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain up to it. “I believe it, but I cannot understand it; even my imagination cannot picture it to me.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. “Thou hast it, but I cannot reach it. Thou hast it, but ‘I cannot attain unto it.’”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Not that David desired to go away from God, but he wished to show the impossibility of escaping from the eye of God: “Whither shall I go from thy spirit?”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me! it is too high, I cannot attain unto it. “I cannot climb up to thy glorious throne; the very lowest step of it is far higher than my feet can reach: ‘I cannot attain unto it.’”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? It seems as if the first impulse was to fly away from a God whose attributes were so lofty. ‘Twas but a transient impression, yet David words it so.