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8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
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Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: …
For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. …
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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, I. Because he is always under his eye. If God is omnipresent, he must needs be omniscient; but he is omnipresent; this su…
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