Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Psalms
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:1 JFB -> Commentary on 139:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:1 TOD -> Commentary on 139:1 WEN -> Notes on 139:1 NTB -> God (continued); Heart; Praise; Psalms; Readings, Select TTT -> God; Providence of God, The 139:1 - [In Context] For the choir director: A psalm of David. O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:2 JFB -> Commentary on 139:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:2 TOD -> Commentary on 139:2 WEN -> Notes on 139:2 NTB -> God (continued); Heart TTT -> God; Heart, The; Providence of God, The; Wisdom of God, The 139:2 - [In Context] You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my every thought when far away.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:3 JFB -> Commentary on 139:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:3 TOD -> Commentary on 139:3 WEN -> Notes on 139:3 NTB -> God (continued); Heart TTT -> God; Providence of God, The; Wisdom of God, The 139:3 - [In Context] You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. Every moment you know where I am.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:4 JFB -> Commentary on 139:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:4 TOD -> Commentary on 139:4 WEN -> Notes on 139:4 NTB -> God (continued); Heart TTT -> God; Providence of God, The; Wisdom of God, The 139:4 - [In Context] You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:5 JFB -> Commentary on 139:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:5 TOD -> Commentary on 139:5 WEN -> Notes on 139:5 NTB -> God (continued); Heart TTT -> God; Providence of God, The; Sieges 139:5 - [In Context] You both precede and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:6 JFB -> Commentary on 139:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:6 TOD -> Commentary on 139:6 WEN -> Notes on 139:6 NTB -> God (continued); Heart; Ignorance TTT -> God; Wisdom of God, The 139:6 - [In Context] Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to know!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:7 JFB -> Commentary on 139:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:7 TOD -> Commentary on 139:7 WEN -> Notes on 139:7 NTB -> God (continued); Heart; Holy Spirit TTT -> God; Holy Spirit, The, is God; Trinity, The EBD -> Holy Ghost 139:7 - [In Context] I can never escape from your spirit! I can never get away from your presence!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:8 JFB -> Commentary on 139:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:8 SRN -> Study Notes on 139:8 TOD -> Commentary on 139:8 WEN -> Notes on 139:8 NTB -> God (continued); Heart; Hell TTT -> Holy Spirit, The, is God EBD -> Hades 139:8 - [In Context] If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, F104 you are there.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:9 JFB -> Commentary on 139:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:9 TOD -> Commentary on 139:9 WEN -> Notes on 139:9 NTB -> God (continued); Heart TTT -> Holy Spirit, The, is God; Morning TV -> Devotional using 139:9 TV -> Devotional using 139:9 TV -> Devotional using 139:9 139:9 - [In Context] If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:10 JFB -> Commentary on 139:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:10 TOD -> Commentary on 139:10 WEN -> Notes on 139:10 NTB -> God (continued); Heart TTT -> Holy Spirit, The, is God; Providence of God, The TV -> Devotional using 139:10 TV -> Devotional using 139:10 TV -> Devotional using 139:10 139:10 - [In Context] even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:11 JFB -> Commentary on 139:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:11 TOD -> Commentary on 139:11 WEN -> Notes on 139:11 NTB -> God (continued); Heart; Night TTT -> Darkness; Holy Spirit, The, is God 139:11 - [In Context] I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night –
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:12 JFB -> Commentary on 139:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:12 TOD -> Commentary on 139:12 WEN -> Notes on 139:12 NTB -> God (continued); Heart TTT -> Darkness; Holy Spirit, The, is God; Wisdom of God, The 139:12 - [In Context] but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are both alike to you.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:13 JFB -> Commentary on 139:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:13 TOD -> Commentary on 139:13 WEN -> Notes on 139:13 NTB -> God; God (continued) TTT -> Holy Spirit, The, is God TV -> Devotional using 139:13 TV -> Devotional using 139:13 TV -> Devotional using 139:13 139:13 - [In Context] You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:14 JFB -> Commentary on 139:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:14 TOD -> Commentary on 139:14 WEN -> Notes on 139:14 NTB -> God (continued); Man; Physiology TTT -> Man TV -> Devotional using 139:14 TV -> Devotional using 139:14 TV -> Devotional using 139:14 139:14 - [In Context] Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous – and how well I know it.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:15 JFB -> Commentary on 139:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:15 TOD -> Commentary on 139:15 WEN -> Notes on 139:15 NTB -> God (continued); Physiology 139:15 - [In Context] You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:16 JFB -> Commentary on 139:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:16 TOD -> Commentary on 139:16 WEN -> Notes on 139:16 NTB -> Book; God (continued); Physiology TTT -> Books 139:16 - [In Context] You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:17 JFB -> Commentary on 139:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:17 TOD -> Commentary on 139:17 WEN -> Notes on 139:17 NTB -> God; God (continued); Meditation SPG -> Devotional using 139:17 139:17 - [In Context] How precious are your thoughts about me, F105 O God! They are innumerable!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:18 JFB -> Commentary on 139:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:18 TOD -> Commentary on 139:18 WEN -> Notes on 139:18 NTB -> God; God (continued); Meditation 139:18 - [In Context] I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up in the morning, you are still with me!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:19 JFB -> Commentary on 139:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:19 TOD -> Commentary on 139:19 WEN -> Notes on 139:19 NTB -> Company; God (continued); Sin; Wicked (People) TTT -> Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God 139:19 - [In Context] O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:20 JFB -> Commentary on 139:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:20 TOD -> Commentary on 139:20 WEN -> Notes on 139:20 NTB -> Blasphemy; God; God (continued); Sin 139:20 - [In Context] They blaspheme you; your enemies take your name in vain.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:21 JFB -> Commentary on 139:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:21 TOD -> Commentary on 139:21 WEN -> Notes on 139:21 NTB -> Company; God (continued); Hatred; Sin TTT -> Hatred 139:21 - [In Context] O LORD, shouldn't I hate those who hate you? Shouldn't I despise those who resist you?
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:22 JFB -> Commentary on 139:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:22 TOD -> Commentary on 139:22 WEN -> Notes on 139:22 NTB -> Company; God (continued); Hatred; Sin TTT -> Hatred 139:22 - [In Context] Yes, I hate them with complete hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:23 JFB -> Commentary on 139:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:23 TOD -> Commentary on 139:23 NTB -> God (continued); Self-Examination TTT -> Self-examination; Sin TV -> Devotional using 139:23 TV -> Devotional using 139:23 TV -> Devotional using 139:23 TV -> Devotional using 139:23 TV -> Devotional using 139:23 139:23 - [In Context] Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 139:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 139:24 JFB -> Commentary on 139:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 139:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 139:24 TOD -> Commentary on 139:24 NTB -> God (continued); Self-Examination; Wisdom TTT -> Self-examination; Sin EBD -> Idol TV -> Devotional using 139:24 TV -> Devotional using 139:24 TV -> Devotional using 139:24 TV -> Devotional using 139:24 TV -> Devotional using 139:24 139:24 - [In Context] Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
FOOTNOTES: F104: Hebrew to Sheol. F105: Or How precious to me are your thoughts.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TOD - Treasury of David; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.