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Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
You understand my thought from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
you are familiar with all my ways.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
you, Lord, know it completely.
Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
and you lay your hand upon me.
You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
And laid Your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
too lofty for me to attain.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
Where can I flee from your presence?
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
your right hand will hold me fast.
Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
and the light become night around me,”
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
And the light around me will be night,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand —
when I awake, I am still with you.
they would outnumber the grains of sand —
when I awake, I am still with you.
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
When I awake, I am still with You.
If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
your adversaries misuse your name.
For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
I count them my enemies.
I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.
They have become my enemies.
Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;