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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
[If] I take the wings of the morning,.... And fly as swift as the morning light to the east, to the extremity of it, as Ben Melech; as far as he could go that way, as swiftly as the wings of the morning could carry him thither; so the morning is represented by the Heathens as having wings (f); or as the rays of the rising sun, called wings for the swiftness of them, Malachi 4:2; [and] dwell in...
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
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
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
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; — “If I fly on the wings of light, which travels with inconceivable rapidity,” —