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< Psalms 139 >

This Psalm explains how God, who dwells in heaven, is at the same time present everywhere by his Spirit, “for in him we live, and move, and have our being”. Acts 17:28Waiting for response for Acts 17:28

Verses 1-5

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God knows all about every one of us, including what we do, what we say, and even what we think.

Verse 6

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The information revealed about God in the Psalm is wonderful knowledge v.6Waiting for response for Psalms 139:6 and is consistent with what modern man has discovered. Science has shown that all matter may be converted into energy, and vice versa, so that the whole universe consists of energy; and the scriptures declared long ago that all things consist by God’s power.

Verses 8-12

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Everything is made and sustained by God’s Spirit which pervades the universe so that we cannot go anywhere where God is not.

Verses 14-17,23-24

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God created us and we are “fearfully and wonderfully made”.v.14Waiting for response for Psalms 139:14 These verses may refer to our natural bodies but they probably principally refer to “the body of Christ” which is composed of people. The words are those of the Spirit of Christ describing the development of the members of his body whose names are written in the LORD’s book of life.v.16Waiting for response for Psalms 139:16 We should ensure that his thoughts are as precious to us as they were to Jesus v.17Waiting for response for Psalms 139:17 and develop characters like his, enabling us to say: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting”.vs.23-24Waiting for response for Psalms 139:23-24