Psalms 139

Psalms 139:1

SEarched me] Psalms 17:3. Jeremiah 12:3.

Psalms 139:2

Thou knowest my down-sitting] He confesseth, that neither our actions, thoughts, nor any part of our life can be hid from God.

thou understandest my thought afar off] Long before I conceive it.

Psalms 139:3

Thou compassest my path] So that they are evidently known to thee.

compassest] Or, winnowest.

Psalms 139:4

there is not a word in my tongue] Thou knowest my meaning before I speak: or, my secretest whisperings.

Psalms 139:5

and laid thine hand upon me] Job 41:8. Thou keepest me within the compasse of thy knowledge, like a man that will not let his servant go out of his sight.

Psalms 139:7

Whither shall I go from thy spirit?] From thy power and knowledge?

Psalms 139:8

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there, &c.] Amos 9. 2, 3, 4.

Psalms 139:9

If I take the wings of the morning] He meaneth, the sunbeams, which suddenly flie to the earth: or, wings that could flie as swift as they shoot out, and take flight never so early.

Psalms 139:10

Even there shall thy hand] Thy power doth so fast hold me, that I can escape by no means from thee.

lead me] He sheweth, that Gods providence over us is not a bare knowledge, but an effectuall conducting and disposing of us.

Psalms 139:11

even the night shall be light about me] Though darknesse be an hinderance to mans sight, yet it serveth thine eyes as well as the light.

Psalms 139:12

the darknesse hideth not from thee] Job. 26. 6. Hebrews 4:13. hideth not] Heb. darkeneth not.

the darknesse and the light are both alike] Heb. as is the darknesse, so is the light.

Psalms 139:13

For thou hast possessed] Thou hast made me in all parts, and therefore must needs know me.

my reins] My affections, and most inward motions.

thou hast covered me in my mothers womb] With flesh and skin, Job 10:11.

Psalms 139:14

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made] Considering thy wonderfull work in forming me, I cannot but praise thee, and fear thy mighty power.

right] Heb. greatly.

Psalms 139:15

substance] Or, strength, or body.

and curiously wrought] Like a piece of needle-work: for so the word signifies.

in the lowest parts of the earth] That is, in my mothers womb, here belowe on earth, Ephesians 4:9. or, as secretly, as things formed in the bowels of the earth, Job 28:1-2, &c.

Psalms 139:16

and in thy book all my members were written] An allusion to curious workmen, that work after a modll set before them.

all my members] Heb. all of them.

which in continuance were fashioned] Or, what days they should be fashioned.

when as yet there was none of them] Seeing that thou didst know me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must thou know me, when thou hast fashioned me.

Psalms 139:17

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me] Psalms 40:5. How ought I to esteem in my thoughts the excellent declaration of thy wisedom in the creation of man? or, how incomprehensible are thy counsels? Romans 11:33. Job. 26. 14.

thy thoughts] Or, thoughts of thee.

Psalms 139:18

I am still with thee] Every morning when I awake, I see new occasions to meditate of thy wisedom, and to praise thee.

Psalms 139:19

Surely] Heb. If, psal. 131. 2.

therefore] Or, then.

Psalms 139:21

Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?] His zeal of Gods glory wrought in him a fiery indignation, and utter detestation of all such as opposed it, regarding not so much his own particular, as Gods interest, Psalms 69:9. and Psalms 119:158. 2 Chron. 19. 2. Proverbs 29:27.

Psalms 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart] Vers. 1. Psalms 26:2.

Psalms 139:24

see if there be any wicked way in me] Psalms 7:3.

any wicked way in me] Any course of sin that is grievous to God or man.

wicked way] Heb. way of pain, or grief.

lead me in the way everlasting] That is, favourably conduct me to the end: or, lead me on in the way of piety, which leads to life eternall, psal. 1. 6.