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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician, David's. A Melody.]] O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed: |
Thou hast searched – God has completely examined His people. He knows us to the very depths of our soul.
In Hebrew "searched" = searched as for treasure. This shows how God looks at us. It is not for failure. God is looking for Gold, for treasure. – This is how we should look at our brethren. We are looking for the gold (things divine) in their character.
Me – The David class - the church.
And known me – God knows all about us. He knows our failings and our sinful tendencies. Yet, in spite of this, He still gives us all the wonderful things described in the rest of this chapter. |
| 2 Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar: |
my downsitting and mine uprising – God is aware of all we do from the moment we arise in the morning to when we go to sleep at night. - Nothing escapes His notice.
Understandest my thought afar off – 'Before they call, I will answer.' (Isa. 65:24) - While this is a promise concerning the Millennial Age, it is also true of the saints during the Gospel Age. |
| 3 My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest. |
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| 4 Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, [but] behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side. |
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| 5 Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand:– |
Laid thine hand upon me – "Lay hands suddenly on no man." – The laying on of hands signifies one (or both) of two things: (1) approval, (2) Giving of the Holy Spirit. Here it seems to apply to both. – F283-284; Election or choice – F276.
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| 6 Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it! |
Too wonderful for me – Considering verse 5, is it any wonder the Psalmist exclaims this? |
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| 7 Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee? |
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| 8 If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee! |
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| 9 If I mount the wings of the dawn, settle down in the region beyond the sea, |
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| 10 Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
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| 11 If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me. |
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| 12 Even darkness, will not conceal from thee,–but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light! |
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| 13 For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother. |
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| 14 I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing [them] intently! |
Marvellous are thy works – Quoted in Rev. 15:3 as part of the Song of Moses and the Lamb. |
| 15 My substance was not hid from thee,–when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth. |
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| 16 Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written,–the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them. |
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| 17 To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them! |
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| 18 I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself–and am still with thee. |
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| 19 Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me! |
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| 20 For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up [their hand] unto falsehood. |
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| 21 Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee? |
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| 22 With completeness of hatred, I hate them, As enemies, have they become to me. |
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| 23 Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares; |
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| 24 And see if there be any idol-way in me, and lead me in a way age-abiding. |
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