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Psalms 139:2
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God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, aYou have searched me and known me. 
2 aYou know my sitting down and my rising up;
You bunderstand my thought afar off. 
3 aYou1 comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways. 
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, aYou know it altogether. 
5 You have1 hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me. 
6 aSuch knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it. 
7 aWhere can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence? 
8 aIf I ascend into heaven, You are there;
bIf I make my bed in1 hell, behold, You are there. 
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall1 fall on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me; 
12 Indeed, athe darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You. 
13 For You1 formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb. 
14 I will praise You, for1 I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well. 
15 aMy1 frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
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Barnes' Notes
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Psalms 139:2

Thou knowest my downsitting ... - In the various circumstances of life, thou knowest me. Thou knowest me in one place as well as in another. I cannot so change my position that thou will not see me, and that thou wilt not be perfectly acquainted with all that I say, and all that I do. In every posture, in every movement, in every occupation, thou hast a full knowledge of me. I cannot go out of thy sight; I cannot put myself into such a position that thou wilt not see me.

Thou understandest my thought - Hebrew, "As to my thought." That is, Thou seest what my plans are; what I design to do; "what I am thinking about." A most solemn reflection! How unwilling would bad people be - would even good people be - to have those round about them know always "what they are thinking about."

Afar off - Not when the "thought" is far off; but "thou," being far off, seest us as clearly as if thou wert near. I cannot go to such a distance from thee that thou wilt not see perfectly all that I am thinking about.


 
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