Psalm 139 begins with David’s delight in God’s omniscience:
- God knows David’s past (v. 1)
- God knows David’s every present activity (vv. 2-3)
- God knows David’s every future word (and thoughts, v. 4)
- God knows David as if to surround him perpetually (v. 5)
- God’s knowledge of David is a delight to David (v. 6)
God knows everything these is to know about David, knowing it even before David experienced it himself. He knows the great events of David’s life, and He knows the insignificant events and activities of David’s life. And all this knowledge is no fear or worry to David — it is his great happiness that God knows all.
As with David, so with all men: every sin, every fear, every conflict, every injustice, every slight, every sorrow is all seen by God. And, as with David, so with you, God is orchestrating it all to accomplish His eternal purpose of your conformity to Jesus Christ.
So,
Don’t give up in despair. If your case is so bad, God can see your care, your troubles, and your anxieties.…if you are lying on the battlefield of life, God sees you. Let that cheer you! He will relieve you, for He only needs to see the woes of His children at once to relieve them. Go on then; hope yet; in night’s darkest hour, hope for a brighter morrow. God sees you, whatever you are doing. [C. H. Spurgeon]
Words of Grace 