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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
Whither shall I go from thy spirit?.... Or, "from thy wind?" which some interpret literally, the wind being God's creature; which he brings out of his treasures, and holds in his fists, and disposes of as he pleases; this takes its circuit through all the points of the heavens, and blows everywhere, more or less. Rather God himself is meant, who is a Spirit, John 4:24 not a body, or consisting of...
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
Wither shall I go from thy spirit? “If I want to do so, if I desire to avoid thee, where can I go to escape from thine omnipresent Spirit?”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: The true glory of that bright world.
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.
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
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 face; men are generally on their best behavior...
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.”
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.