Psalm 139:3 You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. : — This is so, because — I. GOD RULES AND GOVERNS MEN. But this could not be without such knowledge. And so at times He governs men's secret projects. 1. By discovering them, making them known to others. 2. By preventing them. 3. By turning them to other ends than men purposed (Isaiah 7:7; Genesis 45:5). II. HE GIVES LAWS TO REGULATE THEM. III. HE WILL JUDGE THEM. 1. He does so in this life where He often gives foretaste of the future (Deuteronomy 29:18), 2. In the day of judgment (Luke 12:2). IV. HE IS OMNISCIENT AND OMNIPRESENT (Proverbs 15:3; Hebrews 4:13). Then — 1. Presumptuous sin is atheism. 2. Let secret sinners be afraid.Such are those who sin in thought and desire only. God judges such, for they are the roots of sin. Spiritual wickedness is worst wickedness. And they are the product of the man himself, as his actions sometimes are not. And there are secret sins not only thought, but acted, only concealed from men (2 Samuel 12:12; Habakkuk 2:11; Genesis 4:10). God will judge them. 3. Let sincere-hearted Christians be comforted. The same sun-rising and break of day that terrifies the robber is a comfort to the honest traveller. Thou that, art sincere, God sees that sincerity in thee that others cannot discern; perhaps thou canst not fully discern it thyself. And He will exalt thee. (R. South, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.WEB: You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. |
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