Psalm 139:13-15

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 139:13-24

David now describes the creative power and providence of God and adds a prayer extolling the Lord and appealing for a just trial. v. 13. For Thou hast possessed my reins, that is, formed, framed, fashioned the organs of his body in creation; Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb, that is, plaited or weaved the body before birth, as the bones, sinews, and flesh took shape. v. 14. I will praise Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made, in a manner which produces awe and reverence at... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 139:1-24

Psalms 139:0To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;Thou understandest my thought afar off.3 Thou compassest my path and my lying downAnd art acquainted with all my ways.4 For there is not a word in my tongue,But, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.5 Thou hast beset me behind and before,And laid thine hand upon me.6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me:It is high, I... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 139:1-13

the All-seeing God Psalms 139:1-13 The psalmist speaks as if there were only two beings in the universe-God and himself. In all literature there is no nobler conception of the divine attributes. God’s omniscience, Psalms 139:1-6 . The downsittings of life are times of weariness, depression, failure, shortcoming, and inconsistency, when we are far short of our best. Our uprisings are our strongest, happiest, holiest moments, when we are at our best. God knows all. He cannot be surprised.... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 139:14-24

God’s Thoughts and Ours Psalms 139:14-24 God’s creative power, Psalms 139:14-18 . The psalmist goes back to the beginning of life and describes the weaving of our physical nature. Here we may discover a suggestive analogy; for the Church, which is the Body of Christ, has been wrought in secret from its earliest beginnings, and its development continues preparatory to the manifestation in complete beauty and glory at the Lord’s coming. “When He shall be manifested, we shall be manifested... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 139:1-24

The conception of intimate personal relation between God and man is perhaps more remarkably and forcefully dealt with in this song than in any other in the whole collection. The great facts are first stated. Jehovah’s knowledge of personal life is declared. He is familiar with every motion even to the simplest of downsitting and uprising. He knows thought afar off, that is, in the strange and mystic processes of its making. All ways and words are intimately know to the God Who is the nearest... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Psalms 139:1-24

Thou God Seest Me Selections from Psalms 139:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The world today needs a new vision of the Deity of Christ. Our Lord Jesus has been dragged down from His place of authority and power, until the men of the world would leave us nothing but a great man as our Lord and Saviour. The Christ of the Bible was God manifest in the flesh. He was the One who was on earth, and came down from Heaven, even the One who was in Heaven. He was the One who knew all things, who looked into... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 139:1-24

CXXXIX. God is Everywhere: He Knows Everything— Oh that He would Destroy the Wicked.— This Ps. is among the most spiritual productions of the OT. It deals with the mystery of Divine providence, a theme frequently discussed after the Exile, when the national life had died out and each individual was brought face to face with the difficulties which surrounded him and with the thought of his ultimate fate. Other nations, of course, have engaged in similar speculation, but in very different tone... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 139:13

Thou hast possessed; or, thou dost possess; thou dwellest in them, thou art the Owner and Governor of them, and therefore must needs know them. Or, thou hast formed, as some of the ancients and others render it. My reins; the most inward and hidden part of the body, supposed also to be the seat of men’s lusts and passions. Thou hast covered me; either, 1. With that covering called the after-birth, wherein the infant is wrapped and preserved in the womb by the wonderful care of Divine... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 139:14

I am fearfully and wonderfully made; thy infinite power and wisdom, manifested in the rare and curious structure of man’s body, doth fill me with wonder and astonishment, and with the dread of thy majesty. Marvellous are thy works; both in the lesser world, man, and in the greater. My soul knoweth right well; I am well assured, both by thy word, and by the contemplation and study of thy works, to which I have much addicted myself, that they are wonderful, although I do not so accurately... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 139:15

My substance; or, My bone, as the LXX. and others render the word. And bone may be here taken collectively for bones, as is usual in such words, or for the whole fabric of the bones And the bones may be very fitly mentioned here, because they are inward and invisible, as being covered with skin, and flesh, and sinews. Or the bones may be put synecdochically for the whole body, as being the most substantial part of it, as they are Psalms 35:10. In secret; in the dark vault of my mother’s womb.... read more

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