Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
David refuses the hiding places where men cloak themselves in lies. He fixes on a truth that strips all pretense bare: nothing escapes God's sight, not because He watches from afar, but because He shaped us bone by bone in darkness and cannot be ignorant of what He has made.
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Commenting on Psalm 139:1-24
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. I cannot grasp it. I can hardly endure to think of it. The theme overwhelms me. I am amazed and astounded at it. Such knowledge not only surpasses my comprehension, but even my imagination. It is high, I cannot attain unto it. Mount as I may, this truth is too lofty for my mind.
When I acknowledge that God has searched me and known me, I am not merely assenting to doctrine, I am speaking to Him, and such sincerity before His face cuts deeper than any sermon or dispute. The business is not that He knows all things universally, but that He knows me; my soul, my sin, my good, belonging to Him alone.
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Commenting on Psalm 139:1-6