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Text -- Psalms 139:4 (NET)

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139:4 Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Wicked | TONGUE | Readings, Select | Prayer | Praise | OMNISCIENCE | OMNIPRESENCE | Heart | God | GOD, 2 | FOREKNOW; FOREKNOWLEDGE | more
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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Clarke: Psa 139:4 - -- There is not a word in my tongue - Although ( כי ki ) there be not a word in my tongue, behold O Jehovah, thou knowest the whole of it, that is, ...

There is not a word in my tongue - Although ( כי ki ) there be not a word in my tongue, behold O Jehovah, thou knowest the whole of it, that is, thou knowest all my words before they are uttered as thou knowest all my thoughts while as yet they are unformed.

Calvin: Psa 139:4 - -- 4.For there is not a word, etc. The words admit a double meaning. Accordingly some understand them to imply that God knows what, we are about to say ...

4.For there is not a word, etc. The words admit a double meaning. Accordingly some understand them to imply that God knows what, we are about to say before the words are formed on our tongue; others, that though we speak not a word, and try by silence to conceal our secret intentions, we cannot elude his notice. Either rendering amounts to the same thing, and it is of no consequence which we adopt. The idea meant to be conveyed is, that while the tongue is the index of thought to man, being the great medium of communication, God, who knows the heart, is independent of words. And use is made of the demonstrative particle lo! to indicate emphatically that the innermost recesses of our spirit stand present to his view.

TSK: Psa 139:4 - -- there is not : Psa 19:14; Job 8:2, Job 38:2, Job 42:3, Job 42:6-8; Zep 1:12; Mal 3:13-16; Mat 12:35-37; Jam 1:26, Jam 3:2-10 thou knowest : Psa 50:19-...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 139:4 - -- For there is not a word in my tongue - All that I say; all that I have power to say; all that I am disposed at any time to say. But lo, O ...

For there is not a word in my tongue - All that I say; all that I have power to say; all that I am disposed at any time to say.

But lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether - All that pertains to it. What is "said,"and what is "meant."Merely to "hear"what is spoken does not imply necessarily a full knowledge of what is said - for it may be false, insincere, hypocritical. God knows exactly what is said and what is "meant."

Poole: Psa 139:4 - -- Thou knowest what I speak, and with what design and disposition of mind. Or rather, as others render it, and which is more admirable, When there is...

Thou knowest what I speak, and with what design and disposition of mind. Or rather, as others render it, and which is more admirable, When there is not a word , &c. Thou knowest what I intend to speak, either in prayer to thee, or in conversation with men, when I have not yet uttered one word of it.

Haydock: Psa 139:4 - -- Serpent. So Plautus says, "A double-tongued and wicked man is like a creeping beast," in Persa. (Haydock)

Serpent. So Plautus says, "A double-tongued and wicked man is like a creeping beast," in Persa. (Haydock)

Gill: Psa 139:4 - -- For there is not a word in my tongue,.... Expressed by it or upon it, just ready to be spoken; or, as the Targum, "when there is no word in my ton...

For there is not a word in my tongue,.... Expressed by it or upon it, just ready to be spoken; or, as the Targum,

"when there is no word in my tongue:''

so Aben Ezra,

"before it was perfect in my tongue:''

before it is formed there; while it is in the mind, and not expressed, and even before that;

but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether; the whole of it, from whence it springs; the reason of it, what is designed, or the ends to be answered by it. The Lord knows the good words of his people, which they speak to him in prayer, even before and while they are speaking them; and what they say to one another in private conversation, Isa 65:24. See an instance of words known by Christ before spoken, in Luk 19:31.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 139:4 Heb “look, O Lord, you know all of it.”

Geneva Bible: Psa 139:4 For [there is] not a word in my ( c ) tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. ( c ) You know my meaning before I speak.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 139:1-24 - --1 David praises God for his all-seeing providence;17 and for his infinite mercies.19 He defies the wicked.23 He prays for sincerity.

MHCC: Psa 139:1-6 - --God has perfect knowledge of us, and all our thoughts and actions are open before him. It is more profitable to meditate on Divine truths, applying th...

Matthew Henry: Psa 139:1-6 - -- David here lays down this great doctrine, That the God with whom we have to do has a perfect knowledge of us, and that all the motions and actions b...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 139:1-7 - -- The Aramaic forms in this strophe are the ἅπαξ λεγομ רע (ground-form רעי ) in Psa 139:2 and Psa 139:17, endeavour, desire, thin...

Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150 There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 139:1-24 - --Psalm 139 David praised God for His omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence in this popular psalm. It...

Constable: Psa 139:1-6 - --1. God's omniscience 139:1-6 139:1 This opening verse expresses the theme of the psalm. God knew David intimately because of His penetrating examinati...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 139 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 139:1, David praises God for his all-seeing providence; Psa 139:17, and for his infinite mercies; Psa 139:19, He defies the wicked; P...

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 139 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT This Psalm is esteemed by the Hebrews the most excellent in the whole book. The matter of it is noble and sublime, and so is the style...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 139 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 139:1-6) God knows all things. (Psa 139:7-16) He is every where present. (Psa 139:17-24) The psalmist's hatred to sin, and desire to be led ari...

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 139 (Chapter Introduction) Some of the Jewish doctors are of opinion that this is the most excellent of all the psalms of David; and a very pious devout meditation it is upon...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 139 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 139 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. This psalm was written by David, when he lay under the reproach and calumnies of...

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