Psalm 139 The God and Father of Mankind
1. The Search is -
A Divine Search - 1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
A Defined Search - God knows
Our Works - 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
Our Worries - thou understandest my thought afar off.
Our Walk - 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
Our Ways - and art acquainted with all my ways.
Our Words - 4 For there is not a word in my tongue,
but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
A Definitive Search - 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me
He is - Behind Us, Before Us, Beside Us, and Beyond Us -
A Dreadful Search - 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
2. The Sight is -
Personal - 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Powerful - 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Perpetual - 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Plentiful - 10 even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Professional - 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day:
the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
3. The Source is -
Divine - 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
Distinct - 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well
Disclosed - 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret,
and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Detailed - 16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned,
when as yet there was none of them.
Distinguished - 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:
Dependable - 18 when I awake,
Durable - 18 I am still with thee.
4. The Sentence -
It's Certainty - 19 Surely
It's Source - thou
It's Severity - wilt slay the wicked, O God:
It's Sincerity - depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
It's Society - 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, thine enemies take thy name in vain.
It's Sanctity - 21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?
It's Scrutiny - and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
It's Security - 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
5. The Salvation is -
A Heart Salvation - 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart:
A Head Salvation - try me, and know my thoughts:
A Whole Salvation - 24 and see if there be any wicked way in me,
A Home Salvation - and lead me in the way everlasting.
