God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, you have asearched me thoroughly and have known me.Ps 17:3; 44:21; Jer 12:32 You aknow when I sit down and when I rise up my entire life, everything I do;You bunderstand my thought from afar. Matt 9:4; John 2:24, 252 Kin 19:27Ps 94:11; Is 66:18; Matt 9:43 You ascrutinize my path and my lying down,And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.Job 14:16; 31:44 Even before there is a word on my tongue still unspoken,Behold, O LORD, You aknow it all. Heb 4:13Heb 4:135 You have aenclosed me behind and before,And You have bplaced Your hand upon me.Ps 34:7; 125:2Job 9:336 Such infinite aknowledge is btoo wonderful for me;It is too high above me, I cannot reach it.Rom 11:33Job 42:3
7 aWhere can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence?Jer 23:248 aIf I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in Sheol , behold, bYou are there. Rom 11:33Amos 9:2-4Job 26:6; Prov 15:119 If I take the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,10 Even there Your hand will alead me,And Your right hand will take hold of me.Ps 23:2, 311 If I say, “Surely the adarkness will cover me,And the night will be the only light around me,”Job 22:1312 Even the adarkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,But the night shines as bright as the day;bDarkness and light are alike to You. Dan 2:22Job 34:22; Dan 2:221 John 1:5
13 For You aformed my innermost parts;You bknit me together in my mother’s womb.Ps 119:73; Is 44:24Job 10:1114 I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;aWonderful are Your works,And my soul knows it very well.Ps 40:515 My aframe was not hidden from You,When I was being formed in secret,And intricately and skillfully formed as if embroidered with many colors in the bdepths of the earth.Job 10:8-10; Eccl 11:5Ps 63:916 Your aeyes have seen my unformed substance;And in bYour book were all writtenThe cdays that were appointed for me,When as yet there was not one of them even taking shape.Job 10:8-10; Eccl 11:5Ps 56:8Job 14:5
17 How precious also are Your athoughts to me, O God!How vast is the sum of them! Ps 40:5Ps 40:5; 92:518 If I could count them, they would aoutnumber the sand.When bI awake, I am still with You.Ps 40:5Ps 3:5
19 1O that You would akill the wicked, O God;bGo away from me, therefore, cmen of bloodshed. Is 11:4In the first eighteen verses of this psalm, the psalmist acknowledges that God knows everything that the psalmist ever does, no matter when or where he does it. Although God’s vast knowledge of an individual’s deeds can be reassuring for the righteous, it should be frightening for the wicked. In verses 19-24, the psalmist distances himself from the wicked and asks God to help him live in such a way that pleases God.Is 11:4Ps 6:8; 119:115Ps 5:6; 26:920 For they aspeak against You wickedly,Your enemies btake Your name in vain. Jude 15Jude 15Ex 20:7; Deut 5:1121 Do I not ahate those who hate You, O LORD?And do I not bloathe those who rise up against You?2 Chr 19:2; Ps 26:5; 31:6Ps 119:15822 I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred;They have become my enemies.
23 aSearch me thoroughly, O God, and know my heart;bTest me and know my anxious thoughts;Job 31:6; Ps 26:2Ps 7:9; Prov 17:3; Jer 11:20; 1 Thess 2:424 And see if there is any awicked or hurtful way in me,And blead me in the ceverlasting way.Ps 146:9; Prov 15:9; 28:10; Jer 25:5; 36:3Ps 5:8; 143:10Ps 16:11