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Psalm 139
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| 139:1
O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. |
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| 139:2
Thou knowest my
downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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 (139:2) "Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
thou understandest my thought afar off."
Does God know everything?
Does God know what is in everyone's heart?
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| 139:3
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
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| 139:4
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it
altogether. |
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| 139:5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. |
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| 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto
it. |
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| 139:7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
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| 139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou
art there. |
 (139:8)
"If I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there."
(God is in hell.)
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| 139:9
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea; |
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| 139:10
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
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| 139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be
light about me.
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| 139:12
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day:
the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. |
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| 139:13
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's
womb. |
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| 139:14
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous
are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. |
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| 139:15
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
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| 139:16
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all
my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet
there was none of them. |
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| 139:17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of
them! |
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| 139:18
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I
awake, I am still with thee. |
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| 139:19
Surely thou wilt slay
the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. |
(139:19-22) The psalmist excels at hating. He hates
people with a "perfect hatred" and asks God to kill them.
(139:19) "Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God."
(139:21) "Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee?"
(139:22) "I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies."
Should we love or hate our enemies?
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| 139:20
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in
vain.
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| 139:21
Do not I hate them, O
LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up
against thee?
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| 139:22
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
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| 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
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| 139:24
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
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