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Posted by Psalms on Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Psalms 139:5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
139:5. Thou hast beset me behind and before. As though we were caught in an ambush, or besieged by an army, we are surrounded by the Lord. Behind us there is God recording our sins, or in grace blotting out the remembrance of them; and before us there is God foreknowing all our deeds, and providing for all our wants. Lest we should imagine that the surrounding presence is yet a distant one, it is added, And laid thine hand upon me. The prisoner marches along surrounded by a guard, and gripped by an officer. God is very near; we are wholly in his power; from that power there is no escape. It is not said that God will thus beset us and arrest us, but it is done—Thou hast beset me. Shall we not alter the figure, and say that our Heavenly Father has folded his arms around us, and caressed us with his hand?
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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