God is omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent according to this psalm. David paints a memorable picture of God and His relationship with us based on His attributes. This twenty-four-verse psalm divides easily into four stanzas.
- Verses 1-6-God’s omniscience is displayed. The writer of Hebrews and Matthew saw this as true (Matthew 9.4 and Hebrews 4.13). God knows everything. He knows what we do and what we think. This should overwhelm us as it did David. God knows all about us and still chooses to love us.
- Verses 7-12-God’s omnipresence is displayed. There is no place in this universe we can go that would escape the gaze of God. His eye is not merely that of the Judge and Ruler but of Shepherd and Father.
- Verses 13-18-God’s omnipotence is displayed. Genesis one and two tell us that God created life, not from a test tube but from nothing. A baby in the womb is sacred because it is created by God. If you would like more discussion on this topic, leave a post. When we acknowledged God as the omnipotent we would have to state how precious and powerful He is, just as David did in verse seventeen.
- Verses 19-24-These three attributes of God are played out now, not to those who acknowledge Him as God and Savior, but to those who want nothing to do with His Son. Because He is omniscient, He knows their evil intentions. Because He is omnipresent, He sees their evil activities. Because He is omnipotent, He can and will judge their wickedness. Because of God’s holiness, He rejects sin. Because those who do not come to Christ for the cleansing of their sins, reject the offer of the cleansing. Because they reject the cleansing, God must reject them.
Although we are in Christ and have been sealed with the Spirit for eternity, we still need to check our own desires and heart. Do we allow sin to creep into our heart? Take a moment and pray David’s prayer at the end of this psalm: “Search me, O God, and see if there is any wicked way in me.” If so, repent; and walk in His ways.
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I think this psalm shows how well God knows and how carefully He created us. I think verses 13-18 emphasize the fact that God created each of us for a reason and He has a life planned for all of us. God intimately knows each and everyone of us and yearns to have a relationship with us, and we need to do this by giving Him our time everyday.