1 UNCHANGEABLE. 1 God is the same yesterday, to day, and for ever. 2 He is the incorruptible God; with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 3 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, I am the Lord, I change not; I am that I am; this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. There are indeed diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all; whose counsel standeth for ever, and the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 5 Whatsoever God doth, it shall be for ever; nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it; and God doth it that men should fear before him. 6 The earth and the heavens shall perish; but thou, O Lord, remainest: They all shall wax old, as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. PRESENT EVERY WHERE. 7 He filleth all in all. * The heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, O God. 9 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, O Lord? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there: if I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of 1 Heb. xiii. 8. 5, 6. Exod. iii. 14, 15. 5 Eccles. iii. 14. ? Eph. i. 23. 81 2 Rom. i. 23. James i. 17. 4 1 Cor. xii. 6. 3 Mal. iii. Psal. xxxiii. 11. 6 Heb. i. 10, 11, 12. Psal. cii. 27. Kings viii. 27. 9 Psal. cxxxix. 7, 8, 9, 10. the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 1 Can it be said of the Lord, that he is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys? 2 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not Í fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord. THE HAPPINESS OF GOD. 3 He is the blessed God who is for ever happy. In his presence is fulness of joy, and at his right hand there are pleasures for evermore. 5 Can a man be profitable unto God? Or is it gain to him that thou makest thy way perfect? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousness may profit the son of man: but if thou sinnest, what dost thou against him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what dost thou unto him? And if thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thy hand? 6 Thy goodness extendeth not to him. HIS KNOWLEDGE. The Lord is a God of knowledge and judgment. He is perfect in knowledge, and knoweth all things; his understanding is infinite. "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 10 The Spirit of God knoweth the deep things of God. 11 Kings xx. 28. 4 Psal. xvi. 11. 6 Psalm xvi. 2. xxxvi. 4. 1 John iii. 20. 10 1 Cor. ii. 11. 10. 2 Jer. xxiii. 23, 24. 3 1 Tim. i. 11. Job xxxv. 6, 7, 8. Isa. xxx. 18. 8 Job 91 John i. 5. 1 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world; neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 2 He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven, the eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. 3 Hell and destruction are before the Lord: He seeth in secret: and the darkness hideth not from him. 4 He declareth the former things, and he sheweth things which must be hereafter: He declareth the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done. He revealeth secrets, and maketh known what shall be in the latter days. Times are not hidden from the Almighty. 5 Behold, saith the Lord, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare. Before they spring forth I tell you of them. 6 Interpretations belong to God. 7 The Lord beholdeth all the sons of men; from the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth; he considereth all their works. 8 The eyes of the Lord are always upon us, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. • The Lord hearkeneth and heareth, and a book of remembrance is written before him. 3 Prov. xv. 11. Matt. vi. 18. Psal. cxxxix. 12. Rev. iv. 1. Isa. xlvi. 10. Dan. ii. 28. Job xxiv. 1. C 5 Isa. xlii. 9. 8 Deut. xi. 12. 1 He knoweth our down-sitting and our up-rising: he compasseth our path: he counteth all our steps: he is acquainted with all our ways; and when we enter into our closet, and shut our door, he seeth us. 2 By him are actions weighed: he pondereth all our goings; neither is there a word in our tongues but he knoweth it altogether. 3 The Lord knoweth the hearts of all men; he searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: he knoweth the things that come into our mind, every one of them; and no thought can be withholden from him. He discerneth the thoughts and intents of the heart; he understandeth our thoughts afar off. 5 Thou, even thou only, O God, knowest the hearts of all the children of men. 6 Thus saith the Lord, concerning idols: let them shew us what shall happen; let them shew the former things, what they be, or declare us things for to come: let them shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that they are gods; yea, there is none that sheweth; yea, there is none that declareth; yea, there is none that heareth their words. 7 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God, and say thus in his heart? How doth God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High? Can he judge through the dark cloud? The Lord shall not see, neither shall God regard us: Or why doth he say, 1 Psal. cxxxix. 2, 3. Job xxxi. 4. Psal. cxxxix. 3. Matt. vi. 6. 21 Sam. ii. 3. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Psal. cxxxix. 2. Prov. v. 21. Psal. cxxxix. 4. Ezek. xi. 5. Job xlii. 2. 5 1 Kings viii. 39. 3 Acts i. 24. 4 Heb. iv. 12. 6 Isa. xli. 22, 23. 26. 7 Psal. x. 13. Psal. lxxiii. 11. Job xxii. 13. Psal. xciv. 7. Psal. x. 11, 14. Jer. xxix. 23. God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it? For surely the Lord beholdeth mischief and spite to requite it; and whoever committeth villainy or adultery, or speaketh lying words in my name, even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord. 1 The Lord knoweth the manifold transgressions of the wicked, and their mighty sins: he will never forget any of their works: for his eyes are upon the ways of man, and there is no darkness or shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. 2 Shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He hath no understanding? He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? 3 God hath not eyes of flesh. The Lord seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. : 4 Neither is his ear heavy that it cannot hear. 5 Shall any teach God knowledge? HIS WISDOM. • God is wise in heart: his thoughts are very deep. He is mighty in wisdom; he is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. 7 The Lord possessed wisdom in the beginning of his way, before his works of old; while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. |