Psalms 139

Where it is preached

1. The Possibilities of Prayer · E. M. Bounds

   Wonders of God Through Prayer cites Psalm 139:1

   …the presence of God go. It reaches everywhere because God is everywhere. Let us read from Psalm 139:1: “If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art t…

2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

   On the Omnipresence of God cites Ps. 139:3

   …observes, First, “Thou art about my bed, and about my path, and spiest out all my ways.” (Ps. 139:3.) “Thou hast fashioned me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.” (Ps. 139:5) Al…

3. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

   May cites Psa 139:5

   …ul care of us. God keeps us by besetting us behind and before, and lays His hand upon us (Psa 139:5). As a sentry goes to and fro before the palace given to his charge, so God's peace, like…

4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Psa 139: 7

   …d sees it. ‘Whither shall I flee from thy presence?’ ‘The darkness hideth not from thee.’ Psa 139: 7, 12. Such profane the day, and God will have an action of trespass against them. [2] Posi…

5. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

   September cites Ps 139:7

   …parts of the sea; Even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me.”-- Ps 139:7, 9, 10. THE STORY of the monk who constantly used this phrase is well known to most peopl…

6. Till He Come · Charles H. Spurgeon

   Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh cites Ps. cxxxix. 16

   … were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.” (Ps. cxxxix. 16.) When the world was set upon its pillars, He was there, and He set the bounds of the peo…

7. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

   In the Hay - Field cites Psalm 139:16

   … every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed” — Psalm 139:16 (ESV). God also feeds cattle because he has entered a covenant with them. “A covenant wit…

8. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

   December cites Ps. 139:16

   …s were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them” (Ps. 139:16). When the world was set upon its pillars, he was there, and he set the bounds of the peo…

9. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

   August cites Psa 139:16

   …or the body, all the members of which were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them (Psa 139:16). Is it conceivable that He should spend thought and care on the body, and have no purpos…

10. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Psalm 139:17

    … and defended by thy Lord. April 30 “How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God.” (Psalm 139:17) Divine omniscience affords no comfort to the ungodly mind, but to the child of God it ov…

11. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    December cites Psa 139:17

    …eth me.”-- Gen 16:13 (R.V. marg.). “How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God.”-- Psa 139:17. HAGAR WAS an Egyptian slave-girl, who had been brought up amid the idolatries of Egypt, …

12. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The tests of love to God cites Psalm cxxxix. 18

    …shed and transported with the contemplation of God. “When I awake, I am still with thee” (Psalm cxxxix. 18). The thoughts are as travellers in the mind. David’s thoughts kept heaven-road, I am sti…

13. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.10 The Tenth Commandment cites Psa 139: 18

    …ternal recompense. ‘When I awake I am still with thee,’ that is, in divine contemplation. Psa 139: 18. A covetous man’s thoughts are in the world; his mind is wholly taken up with it; he can …

14. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.6 Prayer cites Psa 139: 18

    …y course of life. David was often musing on God. ‘When I am awake, I am still with thee.’ Psa 139: 18. He who gives himself liberty to have vain thoughts out of prayer, will scarcely have oth…

15. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How the Baptism with the Holy Spirit can be obtained cites Psalm 139:23-24

    …God and ask Him to search us thoroughly and bring to light anything that displeases Him. (Psalm 139:23-24) Then we should wait for him to do it. When the displeasing thing is revealed, it should …

16. Watchman Nee · Watchman Nee

    Spirit, Soul, and Body cites Psalm 139:23-24

    … thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24, ASV). Sanctification of the Whole Person Nee's system can sound hierarchical: spirit rul…

17. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of the Holy Spirit and the Distinction Between the Father, Son and Holy Spirit cites Psalms 139:7-10

    …ent. (3) In the third place, omnipresence is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. We find this in Psalms 139:7-10: "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I asc…

18. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Deity of the Holy Spirit cites Psalm 139:7-10

    … from dead works to serve the living God?” Omnipresence is ascribed to the Holy Spirit in Psalm 139:7-10, “Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascen…

19. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Jehovah cites Psalm 139:7-10

    …parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me” (Psalm 139:7-10). We cannot drift from the love and care of an ever-present God. And those Christians who…

20. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Ps. 139:7-10

    …also omnipresent. This thought of God comes out in both the Old Testament and the New. In Ps. 139:7-10 we read: "Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? …