Psalm 139 - Thine eyes beheld me as an embryo

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Of course the critics take this composition away from David, on account of certain Aramaic expressions in it. We believe that upon the principles of criticism now in vogue it would be extremely easy to prove that Milton did not write Paradise Lost. We have yet to learn that David could not have used expressions belonging to "the language of the patriarchal ancestral house." Who knows how much of the antique speech may have been purposely retained among those nobler minds who rejoiced in remembering the descent of their race? Knowing to what wild inferences the critics have run in other matters, we have lost nearly all faith in them, and prefer to believe David to be the author of this Psalm, from internal evidences of style and matter, rather than to accept the determination of men whose modes of judgment are manifestly unreliable." - C. H. Spurgeon</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#1_1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v1</A> - A new believer could not say this. </div> <div> "<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >If we would praise God aright we must draw the matter of our praise from himself--"O Jehovah, thou hast." No pretended god knows aught of us; but the true God, Jehovah, understands us, and is most intimately acquainted with our persons, nature, and character. How well it is for us to know the God who knows us! " - C. H. Spurgeon</FONT></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#v2_1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v2</A> - The Lord knows these small things I do of seeming no consequence.</div> <div> I think "from far away" means that the Lord has to be far away from me because my motive is not pure. Or, it could mean "before I know it", but that is often the case that we do not realize our motives.</div> <div> "I am observed when I quietly sit down, and marked when I resolutely rise up. My most common and casual acts, my most needful and necessary movements, are noted by time, and thou knowest the inward thoughts which regulate them. ... This is a fact to be remembered every moment: sitting down to consider, or rising up to act, we are still seen, known, and read by Jehovah our Lord. " - Spurgeon</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#3_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v3</A> - The verb "sift out" is what a harvester does to sift out the wheat from the chaff (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#ruth3_2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Ruth 3:2;etc</A>). The Lord sifts my daily life, my thought while sleeping, and my every word, separating the good from the worthless.</div> <bR> <div> The Hebrew verb <I>sachan </I>which I translated "work Your purpose"  is the causative form of "to be profitable" (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#job15_3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Job 15:3; etc</A>), hence "to cause to be profitable". This causative form is generally mistranslated here as "acquainted with" which has no basis except that it fits the context. Here are all the other the causative instances of <I>sachan </I>as I would translate them (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#num22_30" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Num 22:30; Job 22:21</A>).</div> <div> ref <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#rom8_28" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Rom 8:28</A></div> <div> "I may leave thy path, but you never leave mine. ... The Lord judges our active life and our quiet life; he discriminates our action and our repose, and marks that in them which is good and also that which is evil. There is chaff in all our wheat, and the Lord divides them with unerring precision. ... This should fill us with awe, so that we sin not; with courage, so that we fear not; with delight, so that we mourn not. " - Spurgeon</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v4</A> - Lit. for there is not a word in my tongue. Lo! LORD, You know it completely.</div> <div> I think the meaning is, For there is not a word in my tongue <I>that you don't sift.</I></div> <div> Most translate it something like KJV: For there is not a word in my tongue, <I>but</I>, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether.</div> <div> I think that translation is wrong because there is no conjunction between the 1st part ending with "tongue" and the 2nd part beginning with "Lo!". The "for" at the beginning of this verse connects the 1st part of the verse to the previous verse.</div> <div> "What hope of concealment can remain when the speech with which too many conceal their thoughts is itself transparent before the Lord? " - Spurgeon</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v5</A> - It is wonderful that the Lord restricts us both behind and before. He restricts us in our going backward and also restricts us from going forward, that is in the right direction, ahead of the Lord.</div> <div> The palm of the Lord's hand is gentle. He places His palm over me to protect me.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="e6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#6" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v6</A> - Lit. Knowledge too wonderful for me! It has been set on high. I am not able for it.</div> <div> ref. <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#eph3_16" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Eph 3:16-21</A></div> <div> "Such knowledge not only surpasses my comprehension, but even my imagination. ... Our mind has no line with which to measure the Infinite." - Spurgeon</div> <div>  <A NAME="v7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#7_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v7</A> - lit. Where shall I go from Your Spirit? ...</div> <div> "Not that the Psalmist wished to go from God, or to avoid the power of the divine life; but he asks this question to set forth the fact that no one can escape from the all pervading being and observation of the Great Invisible Spirit. Observe how the writer makes the matter personal to himself-- "Whither shall <B>I</B> go?" It were well if we all thus applied truth to our own cases. It were wise for each one to say--The Spirit of the Lord is ever around <B>me</B>: Jehovah is omnipresent to <B>me</B>. Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? ... This makes it dreadful work to sin; for we offend the Almighty to his face, and commit acts of treason at the very foot of his throne. " - Spurgeon</div> <div>  <A NAME="v8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#8_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v8 </A>- <I>Sheol </I>is the place where all the dead go, both good and bad, equivalent to the Greek <I>Hades </I>in the New Testament. To lay down in Sheol is to die. Behold, the Lord is there (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#php1_23" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Philip 1:23</A>).</div> <div> "Whatever Hades may be, or whoever may be there, one thing is certain, Thou, O Jehovah, art there. Two regions, the one of glory and the other of darkness, are set in contrast, and this one fact is asserted of both--"thou art there." Whether we rise up or lie down, take our wing or make our bed, we shall find God near us. A "behold" is added to the second clause, since it seems more a wonder to meet with God in hell than in heaven, in Hades than in Paradise. Of course the presence of God produces very different effects in these places, but it is unquestionably in each; the bliss of one, the terror of the other. What an awful thought, that some men seem resolved to take up their night's abode in hell, a night which shall know no morning. " - Spurgeon</div> <div>  <A NAME="v9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v9</A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" > "He who saves to the uttermost would be with us in the uttermost parts of the sea." - Spurgeon</FONT></div> <div>  <A NAME="v10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v10 </A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >"The exploring missionary in his lonely wanderings is led, in his solitary feebleness he is held." - Spurgeon</FONT></div> <div>  <A NAME="v11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#11" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v11</A> - <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#mic7_8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Micah 7:8</A></div> <div> We need to be aware that what we think is light could be darkness (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#mat6_23" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Mat 6:23</A>).</div> <div> 'Note well how David keeps his song in the first person; let us mind that we do the same as we cry with Hagar, "Thou God seest me." ' - Spurgeon</div> <div>  <A NAME="e12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A> </div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#12_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v12</A> "The brightness of this Psalm is like unto a sapphire stone, or Ezekiel's "terrible crystal"; it flames out with such flashes of light as to turn night into day. Like a Pharos, this holy song casts a clear light even to the uttermost parts of the sea, and warns us against that practical atheism which ignores the presence of God, and so makes shipwreck of the soul." - C. H. Spurgeon</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#13" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v13</A> - MT and DSS have "You cover me" which is the Hebrew word<I> tesoochani </I>.</div> <div> LXX has "You helped me", which, I think, would be the Hebrew word <I>teschonani</I>, which literally means "You profit me". The difference in Hebrew is a double letter <I>nun </I>in LXX vs single <I>nun </I>in MT. I think LXX is correct because it expands on the thought, You work Your purpose in all my ways" in v3, which is the same root verb <I>sachan </I>as here.</div> <bR> <div> For "reins" see note on <A HREF="psalm_16_v7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Psalm 16:7</A>.</div> <div> "The word "reins" signifies the kidneys, which by the Hebrews were supposed to be the seat of the desires and longings; but perhaps it indicates here the most hidden and vital portion of the man; this God doth not only inspect, and visit, but it is his own; he is as much at home there as a landlord on his own estate, or a proprietor in his own house." - Spurgeon</div> <bR> <div> Most translate the verb <I>kana </I>here as "possessed", but it literally means "bought". The meaning is that God paid a price to own my reins. How did God purchase my reins? By searching out and sifting every detail of my living all these years.</div> <div>  <A NAME="v14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#14_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v14</A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >"We too seldom remember our creation, and all the skill and kindness bestowed upon our frame: but the sweet singer of Israel was better instructed ...</FONT></div> <div> Marvelous are thy works. These parts of my frame are all thy works; and though they be home works, close under my own eye, yet are they wonderful to the last degree. They are works within my own self, yet are they beyond my understanding, and appear to me as so many miracles of skill and power. We need not go to the ends of the earth for marvels, nor even across our own threshold; they abound in our own bodies. And that my soul knoweth right well .... If we are marvelously wrought upon even before we are born, what shall we say of the Lord's dealings with us after we quit his secret workshop, and he directs our pathway through the pilgrimage of life? What shall we not say of that new birth which is even more mysterious than the first, and exhibits even more the love and wisdom of the Lord. " - Spurgeon</div> <div>  <A NAME="n14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#15_1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v15</A> - How did God create us in the lower parts of the earth?  <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#eccl11_5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Eccl 11:5</A></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="e15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#16_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v16</A> - This shows that God cares about the unborn.</div> <div> What book is this? Could it be the Book of Life, determining who will have eternal life? No. The book here is a book which details the creation of every individual human being. It shows that God planned in detail for every human life.  This leads right into the next verse. cf.  <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#ps56_8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Ps 56:8; etc</A></div> <div> "A great artist will often labor alone in his studio, and not suffer his work to be seen until it is finished; even so did the Lord fashion us where no eye beheld as, and the veil was not lifted till every member was complete. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >Much of the formation of our inner man still proceeds in secret: hence the more of solitude the better for us. The true church also is being fashioned in secret, so that none may cry, "Lo, here!" or "Lo, there!" as if that which is visible could ever be identical with the invisibly growing body of Christ."</FONT> - <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >Spurgeon</FONT> (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#rom8_29" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">Rom 8:29</A>)</div> <div>  <A NAME="v17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#17" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v17</A> - "It is a joy worth worlds that the Lord should think upon us who are so poor and needy (Ps 40:17). ...</div> <div> What a contrast is all this to the notion of those who deny the existence of a personal, conscious God! Imagine a world without a thinking, personal God! Conceive of a grim providence of machinery! --a fatherhood of law! Such philosophy is hard and cold. As well might a man pillow his head upon a razor edge as seek rest in such a fancy. But a God always thinking of us makes a happy world, a rich life, a heavenly hereafter. " - Spurgeon</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#18" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v18</A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >"Even could we count the sands on the seashore, we should not then be able to number God's thoughts, for they are "more in number than the sand." This is not the hyperbole of poetry, but the solid fact of inspired statement: God thinks upon us infinitely: there is a limit to the act of creation, but not to the might of divine love. </FONT></div> <div> The Psalmist does not say, "When I awake, I return to thee", but, "I am still with thee"; as if his meditations were continuous, and his communion unbroken. Soon we shall lie down to sleep for the last time: God grant that when the trumpet of the archangel shall waken us we may find ourselves still with him. " - Spurgeon</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="e19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#19" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v19 </A>-A man of blood associated with David was David's chief general, Joab. Joab murdered Abner and Amassa <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#1ki2_5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">(1Ki 2:5</A>). With the head of the army being such a man, there were probably many who followed Joab's example, so there were other men of blood there with David besides Joab.</div> <div> "The wicked" is anyne who is wicked, regardless of whether they are for me or against me, including myself if I am wicked. </div> <bR> <div> "God will not always suffer his lovely creation to be defaced and defiled by the presence of wickedness: if anything is sure, this is sure, that he will ease him of his adversaries. " <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" >- Spurgeon</FONT></div> <div>  <A NAME="n21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#21" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v21</A> - David's descendant, King Jehosophat was a great king, who loved the Lord, but he loved those who hated the Lord and the result was disaster for Israel. (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#2ch19_2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">2Chr 19:2</A>)</div> <div>  <A NAME="v22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#21" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v22 </A>- lit. as my enemies.</div> <div> What does it mean that David hated these men of blood completely? He did not hate them because they were his enemies; he regarded them as his enemies because of their murders and deception. Joab was probably the chief one of these men of blood. But Joab was too strong for David (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#2sa3_39" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">2Sam 3:39</A>). How did David hate Joab completely or perfectly? It seems he did not do much. He committed it to the Lord (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#2sam3_27" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">2Sam 3:27-34</A>). He did not drop it. When dying, he commanded his son Solomon to do justice to Joab for his murders (<A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#1ki2_5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">1Ki 2:5-6</A>).</div> <div>  <A NAME="n24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_m.htm#24" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">v24</A> - When we do wrong we feel the pain of it. But often we don't notice the pain and forget it. So it is a wonderful prayer to ask the Lord to search me and see if there is any way that is painful in me. </div> <bR> <div> 'O Lord, my God, lead me in the way everlasting. I need it. Thou hast made me to teach others, and my example influences many. Lead me in the way everlasting. And thy servants who gather around me, my beloved deacons and elders, whose example also will be potent for good if they be good, and for evil if they be evil— Lord, hear them as they say, “Lead us in the way everlasting.” And the members of the church, the many hundreds, yea, the thousands who are associated in church-fellowship here, who eat of thy bread and drink of thy cup— O hear them, such of them as are now present who shall now cry unto thee, “Lead me in the way everlasting.” Hear every brother in dilemma and difficulty, every sister in duty and danger, every heart that is weary, every soul that is sick. “Lead me in the way everlasting.” And Lord, hear the unconverted sinner as he breathes this desire towards thy throne of grace. Is there here one that has left the paths of virtue and of honesty, and does his lip tremblingly say, “Lead me in the way everlasting”? Lord, hear his supplication; Lord, hear it for Jesus’ sake. Wheresoever there standeth or sitteth in this Tabernacle one, old or young, rich or poor, learned or illiterate, moral or immoral— if there be such a one here, who in his heart sayeth, “Father, forgive me, and lead me in the way everlasting”— O do thou answer that prayer speedily, for thy dear Son’s sake. And now, once more, for Jesus’ sake we do each of us beseech thee, “Lead me in the way everlasting.” Amen.' - C. H. Spurgeon</div> <bR> <div> - copyright Steve Miller 10/19/2014</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>  <A NAME="heading"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>Psalm 139</B> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#nhead" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">To the overcomer. Through David, a Psalm</A></div> <bR> <div> <I>(tune: "</I><A HREF="https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/nt/806" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/nt/806"><I>Break Thou the Bread of Life</I></A><I>" 10.10.10.10.D.)</I></div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-950/e0806_newBreakThouTheBread.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> music file from <A HREF="https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/nt/806" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/nt/806">hymnal.net</A></div> <div>  <A NAME="1_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">1</A> O LORD, You have searched me,</div> <div>  <A NAME="v2_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>and have known <I>me</I>.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n2" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">2</A> You know my down-sitting</div> <div> and my standing.</div> <div> You discern my motive</div> <div>  <A NAME="3_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>from far away.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n3" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">3</A> My path You sift out and</div> <div> when dow-own I lay,</div> <div>  <A NAME="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> and You work Your purpose</div> <div> in my ways all</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n4" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">4</A> for <I>You sift</I> all my words.</div> <div> You've known them all.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n5" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">5</A> You have restricted me</div> <div> behind and 'fore,</div> <div> and placed Your palm on me</div> <div> <I>to kee-eep me sure.</I></div> <div>  <A NAME="6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#e6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">6</A> Knowledge too wonderful,</div> <div> it's beyond me.</div> <div> I cannot master it,</div> <div>  <A NAME="7_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>It's heavenly.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">7</A> To go from Your Spirit, </div> <div> there is no place.</div> <div> And wither could I flee</div> <div> out of Your face?</div> <div>  <A NAME="8_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">8</A> If I rise to heaven,</div> <div> <I>Lo,</I> there You are,</div> <div> Or lay down in Sheol,</div> <div>  <A NAME="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Behold, You<I>'re</I> <I>there!</I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v9" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">9</A> <I>If</I> I take up the wings</div> <div> of the morning</div> <div> <I>and </I>dwell in the far off</div> <div> parts of the sea,</div> <div>  <A NAME="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">10</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="OLBHEB" ><A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em"> </A></FONT> even there shall Thy hand,</div> <div> it shall lead me,</div> <div> and Your <I>mighty </I>right hand</div> <div>  <A NAME="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>strongly hold me.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v11" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">11</A> And <I>if </I>I say, Surely,</div> <div> darkness hurts me,</div> <div> and the light about me</div> <div> <I>turned to</I> night be,</div> <div>  <A NAME="12_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#e12" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">12</A> even darkness does not</div> <div> darken Thy <I>sight</I>.</div> <div> And the night shines as day,</div> <div>  <A NAME="13"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>the dark as light,</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n13" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">13</A> for You purchased my reins.</div> <div> You purpose me</div> <div> <I>since </I>in my mother's womb,</div> <div> <I>ama-azingly</I>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="14_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v14" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">14</A> I will praise Thee that I'm</div> <div> made wonderful.</div> <div> Marvelous are Your works,</div> <div>  <A NAME="15_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>my soul knows well.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#e15" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">15</A> My bones were not concealed,</div> <div> <I>not hid </I>from Thee</div> <div> when I was made hidden,</div> <div> curiou-usly</div> <div>  <A NAME="16_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> wrought in the lower parts</div> <div> of the earth. <I>Lo!</I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#e15" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">16</A> Thine eyes beheld me as</div> <div> an embryo,</div> <div> and in Thy book were all,</div> <div> <I>were all </I>written,</div> <div> the days they were fashioned,</div> <div> when there were none.</div> <div>  <A NAME="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v17" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">17 </A>How precious are Thy thoughts,</div> <div> God, unto me.</div> <div> How great the sum of them</div> <div>  <A NAME="18"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><I>e'en about me</I>.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n18" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">18</A> If I count them they're more</div> <div> than sand <I>by sea</I>.</div> <div> When I awake I am,</div> <div> still <I>am </I>with Thee.</div> <div>  <A NAME="19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#e19" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">19</A> O God that You would slay,</div> <div> <I>slay </I>the wicked.</div> <div> And ye depart from me,</div> <div> ye men of blood,</div> <div> 20 they that do speak of Thee</div> <div> deceptively<I>.</I></div> <div> They lift up vanity,</div> <div> Thine enemies.</div> <div>  <A NAME="21"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n21" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">21</A> Do not I hate them, LORD,</div> <div> that do hate Thee?</div> <div> And <I>do not </I>I loathe them</div> <div> that rise 'gainst Thee?</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#v22" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">22 </A>I hate them completely</div> <div> as enemies.</div> <div> 23 Search me, O God, and know</div> <div> my heart. Prove me.</div> <div>  <A NAME="24"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> And know my worries, <I>Lord,</I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_139_l.htm#n24" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 139 Thine eyes beheld me as an em">24</A> and <I>please </I>do see</div> <div> if there be any way</div> <div> painful in me.</div> <div> And lead me in the way</div> <div> everlasting.</div> <div> <I>Lead me on the path of</I></div> <div> <I>eternity.</I></div> <div> -------------------------------------</div> <div>  <A NAME="ruth3_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Ruth 3:2 And now, is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he is <B>winnowing</B> barley in the threshing-floor to-night.</div> <div> Isaiah 30:24 and the oxen and the asses that till the ground shall eat salted provender, which hath been <B>winnowed </B>with the shovel and with the fan.</div> <div> 41:16 you shall <B>winnow </B>them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the LORD; in the Holy One of Israel you shall glory.</div> <div> Jeremiah 4:11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to <B>winnow </B>or cleanse,</div> <div> 15:7 I have <B>winnowed </B>them with a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them; I have destroyed my people; they did not turn from their ways.</div> <div> 51:2 And I will send <B>winnowers </B>to Babylon, Who shall <B>winnow </B>her and empty her land. For in the day of doom They shall be against her all around.</div> <div>  <A NAME="job15_3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Job 15:3 Reasoning with un<B>profitable</B> talk, and with speeches which do no good?</div> <div> 22:2 Can a man <B>be profitable</B> to *God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man <B>is profitable</B>.</div> <div> 34:9 For he hath said, It <B>profits</B> not a man if he delight himself in God.</div> <div> 35:3 For thou hast asked of what <B>profit</B> it is unto thee: what do I gain more than if I had sinned?</div> <div> Ecclesiastes 10:9 Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood <B>profits </B>thereby.</div> <div>  <A NAME="num22_30"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Numbers 22:30 And the ass said to Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine to this day? <B>In my bringing a profit</B> have I ever done so to thee? And he said, No.</div> <div> Job 22:21 <B>Become useful </B>now with Him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.</div> <div>  <A NAME="rom8_28"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.</div> <div>  <A NAME="php1_23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Philippians 1:23 But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, for it is very much better,</div> <div>  <A NAME="mic7_8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.</div> <div>  <A NAME="mat6_23"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Matthew 6:23 but if thine eye be wicked, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great the darkness!</div> <div> Luke 11:34 The lamp of the body is thine eye: when thine eye is simple, thy whole body also is light; but when it is wicked, thy body also is dark.</div> <div>  35 See therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.</div> <div>  36 If therefore thy whole body is light, not having any part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp lights thee with its brightness.</div> <div>  <A NAME="eccl11_5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Ecclesiastes 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, how the bones grow in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the work of God who makes everything.</div> <div>  <A NAME="ps56_8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B>Psalm 56:8</B> *Thou* countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in<B> thy book</B>?</div> <div> <B>69:28</B> Let them be blotted out of <B>the book of the living</B>; let them not be enrolled among the righteous. </div> <div> <B>Job 14:5</B> If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,</div> <div> <B>Malachi 3:16</B> Then they that feared Jehovah spoke often one to another; and Jehovah observed it, and heard, and <B>a book of remembrance </B>was written before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Bwgrkl" >;</FONT><B>Exodus 32:32</B> But now, if you will forgive their sin but if not, please blot me out of<B> your book that you have written</B>.</div> <div> <B>33</B> But the LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me, I will blot out of <B>my book</B>. </div> <div> <B>Daniel 7:10</B> A stream of fire issued and came out from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and <B>the books were opened.</B>  </div> <div> <B>10:21</B> But I will tell you what is inscribed in the <B>book of truth</B>: there is none who contends by my side against these except Michael, your prince.  </div> <div> <B>12:1</B> And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince who standeth for the children of thy people; and there shall be a time of distress, such as never was since there was a nation until that time. And at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that is found <B>written in the book</B>.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Bwgrkl" >;</FONT><B>Luke 10:20</B> Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are <B>written in heaven.</B>"  </div> <div> <B>Philippians 4:3</B> Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in <B>the book of life</B>.  </div> <div> <B>Revelation 3:5</B> The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the <B>book of life</B>. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.  </div> <div> <B>13:8</B> and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the <B>book of life</B> of the Lamb who was slain.  </div> <div> <B>17:8</B> The beast which thou sawest was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go into destruction: and they who dwell on the earth, whose names are not <B>written from the founding of the world in the book of life</B>, shall wonder, seeing the beast, that it was, and is not, and shall be present.</div> <div> <B>20:12</B> And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and <B>books were opened</B>. Then another book was opened, which is the <B>book of life</B>. And the dead were <B>judged by what was written in the books</B>, according to what they had done. </div> <div> <B>15</B> And if anyone's name was not found written in the <B>book of life</B>, he was thrown into the lake of fire.  </div> <div> <B>21:27</B> But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's <B>book of life</B>.  </div> <div>  <A NAME="rom8_29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Rom 8:29 Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be the firstborn among many brethren.</div> <div>  <A NAME="eph3_16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Ephesians 3:16 in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;</div> <div>  17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,</div> <div>  18 in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height;</div> <div>  19 and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled even to all the fulness of God.</div> <div>  20 But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,</div> <div>  21 to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).</div> <div> Romans 11:16 in order that he may give you according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power by his Spirit in the inner man;</div> <div>  17 that the Christ may dwell, through faith, in your hearts, being rooted and founded in love,</div> <div>  18 in order that ye may be fully able to apprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height;</div> <div>  19 and to know the love of the Christ which surpasses knowledge; that ye may be filled even to all the fulness of God.</div> <div>  20 But to him that is able to do far exceedingly above all which we ask or think, according to the power which works in us,</div> <div>  21 to him be glory in the assembly in Christ Jesus unto all generations of the age of ages. Amen).</div> <div>  <A NAME="2sam3_27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 2Samuel 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him secretly, and smote him there in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.</div> <div>  28 And afterwards David heard it, and he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:</div> <div>  29 let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that lacks bread!</div> <div>  30 So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.</div> <div>  31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.</div> <div>  32 And they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.</div> <div>  33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?</div> <div>  34 Thy hands were not bound, Nor thy feet put into fetters; As a man falleth before wicked men, Fellest thou! And all the people wept again over him.</div> <div>  <A NAME="2sa3_39"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 2Samuel 3:39 And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. </div> <div>  <A NAME="1ki2_5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 1Kings 2:5 And thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amassa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and upon his sandals that were on his feet.</div> <div> 6 And thou shalt do according to thy wisdom, and not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.</div> <div>  <A NAME="ps40_17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> Psalm 40:17 But I am poor and <I>so </I>needy,</div> <div>                  <I>yet </I>my <I>great </I>Lord thinketh on me.</div> <div>                  You are my Help and Savior.</div> <div>                  Make no delay, O God, my <I>Lord</I>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="2ch19_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate Jehovah? Therefore is wrath upon thee from Jehovah.</div> <bR> <div> - copyright Steve Miller 5/26/2018</div> </td> </tr></table></body>