# Psalm 139 📖
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> [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]]
[[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
[[#🧠 Chapter Summary]]
[[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
[[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]]
[[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
[[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
## 📜 Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
#### For the music director, a psalm of David.
[[#Overall.]]
[[#Verse 01.]] O Lord, you examine me and know me.
[[Psalm 44|Psalm 44:21]]
[[#Verse 02.]] You know when I sit down and when I get up;
even from far away you understand my motives.
[[Psalm 94|Psalm 94:11]]
[[#Verse 03.]] You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest;
you are aware of everything I do.
[[Job 14|Job14:6]]
[[#Verse 04.]] Certainly my tongue does not frame a word
without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it.
[[Hebrews 04|Hebrews 4:13]]
[[#Verse 05.]] You squeeze me in from behind and in front;
you place your hand on me.
[[Psalm 34|Psalm 34:7]]
[[#Verse 06.]] Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;
it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.
[[Job 42|Job42:3]] | [[Romans 11|Romans 11:33]]
[[#Verse 07.]] Where can I go to escape your Spirit?
Where can I flee to escape your presence?
[[Jeremiah 23|Jeremiah 23:24]]
[[#Verse 08.]] If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there.
If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.
[[Proverbs 15|Proverbs 15:11]] | [[Amos 09|Amos 09:2-4]]
[[#Verse 09.]] If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn,
and settle down on the other side of the sea,
[[#Verse 10.]] even there your hand would guide me,
your right hand would grab hold of me.
[[Psalm 23|Psalm 23:2-3]]
[[#Verse 11.]] If I were to say, “Certainly the darkness will cover me,
and the light will turn to night all around me,”
[[Job 22|Job 22:13]]
[[#Verse 12.]] even the darkness is not too dark for you to see,
and the night is as bright as day;
darkness and light are the same to you.
[[Job 34|Job 34:22]] | [[Daniel 02|Daniel 02:22]] | [[John 01|John 01:05]]
[[#Verse 13.]] Certainly you made my mind and heart;
you wove me together in my mother’s womb.
[[Psalm 119|Psalm 119:73]]
[[#Verse 14.]] I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing.
You knew me thoroughly;
[[#Verse 15.]] my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.
[[Job 10|Job 10:8-10]] | [[Ecclesiastes 11|Ecc. 11:5]]
[[#Verse 16.]] Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb.
All the days ordained for me
were recorded in your scroll
before one of them came into existence.
[[Job 14|Job 14:5]] | [[Psalm 56|Psalm 56:8]]
[[#Verse 17.]] How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God!
How vast is their sum total.
[[Psalm 40|Psalm 40:5]]
[[#Verse 18.]] If I tried to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
Even if I finished counting them,
I would still have to contend with you.
[[#Verse 19.]] If only you would kill the wicked, O God!
Get away from me, you violent men!
[[Isaiah 11|Isaiah 11:4]]
[[#Verse 20.]] They rebel against you and act deceitfully;
your enemies lie.
[[Exodus 20|Ex 20:7]] | [[Deuteronomy 05|Deut. 5:11]]
[[#Verse 21.]] O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you,
and despise those who oppose you?
[[#Verse 22.]] I absolutely hate them;
they have become my enemies.
[[#Verse 23.]] Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts.
Test me, and know my concerns.
[[Psalm 26|Psalm 26:02]]
[[#Verse 24.]] See if there is any idolatrous way in me,
and lead me in the everlasting way.
[[Psalm 05|Psalm 5:8]] | [[Psalm 16|Ps 16:11]] | [[Psalm 143|Psalm 143:10]]
## ==📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary==
###### Overall.
- Possibly later in life. It is part of the final collection of Psalms by David. He is likely asking God for specific vindication.
- Verse 1-6- God's Omniscience.
- Verse 7-12- God's Omnipresence.
- Verse 13-22- God's Omnipotence and Omnibenevolence.
- Verse 23-24- God's Mercy.
- Verse 1 and the final verses are mirrors.
###### Verse 01.
###### Verse 02.
- Rising up and sitting down- encompassing all of life.
###### Verse 03.
###### Verse 04.
###### Verse 05.
- God sees potential.
###### Verse 06.
###### Verse 07.
- Not saying he is trying to run away. He is saying I cannot wander off.
- God is not absent.
###### Verse 08.
###### Verse 09.
- This is meant to be extremes of one another.
###### Verse 10.
###### Verse 11.
###### Verse 12.
###### Verse 13.
- pro-life texts. [[Abortion]]
- God is the Creator. Watches over us.
###### Verse 14.
- Awe of God's handiwork. God is a master artist.
###### Verse 15.
###### Verse 16.
###### Verse 17.
###### Verse 18.
###### Verse 19.
- Loyalty to God.
###### Verse 20.
###### Verse 21.
- David is saying he hates what they are doing because he knows God does.
###### Verse 22.
###### Verse 23.
- Exploratory surgery.
###### Verse 24.
## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
- Toward the end of David's life. The final section of Davidic Psalms.
## 🧠 Chapter Summary
The benefits of God's Omniscience.
- God knows every thought.
- God directs us.
- God knows no hopeless or helpless situations.
- God constantly thinks of us.
- God searches and purifies our hearts.
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
- 📌 Trust God's foreknowledge.
- 📌 Find hope in God's direction.
- 📌 Never wonder if God knows where we are.
- 📌 Pre-born life is precious in God's sight.
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
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