19 Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.
Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.
The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded;
And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.
Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
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Commentary on Psalms 139 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 139
Some of the Jewish doctors are of opinion that this is the most excellent of all the psalms of David; and a very pious devout meditation it is upon the doctrine of God's omniscience, which we should therefore have our hearts fixed upon and filled with in singing this psalm.
This great and self-evident truth, That God knows our hearts, and the hearts of all the children of men, if we did but mix faith with it and seriously consider it and apply it, would have a great influence upon our holiness and upon our comfort.
To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Psa 139:1-6
David here lays down this great doctrine, That the God with whom we have to do has a perfect knowledge of us, and that all the motions and actions both of our inward and of our outward man are naked and open before him.
Psa 139:7-16
It is of great use to us to know the certainty of the things wherein we have been instructed, that we may not only believe them, but be able to tell why we believe them, and to give a reason of the hope that is in us. David is sure that God perfectly knows him and all his ways,
Psa 139:17-24
Here the psalmist makes application of the doctrine of God's omniscience, divers ways.