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For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O LORD, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
O LORD, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
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.
You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
you are familiar with all my ways.
You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, LORD.
even before I say it, LORD.
Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
you, Lord, know it completely.
You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!
too great for me to understand!
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
too lofty for me to attain.
I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
I can never get away from your presence!
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
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 ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
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,
even there your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
and your strength will support me.
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
your right hand will hold me fast.
I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night —
and the light around me to become night —
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
and the light become night around me,”
but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
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.
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous — how well I know it.
Your workmanship is marvelous — how well I know it.
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.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
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.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
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.
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
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.
O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!
Get out of my life, you murderers!
Get out of my life, you murderers!
If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
They blaspheme you;
your enemies misuse your name.
your enemies misuse your name.
They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
your adversaries misuse your name.
O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?
Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?
Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?
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?
Yes, I hate them with total hatred,
for your enemies are my enemies.
for your enemies are my enemies.
I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
I count them my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
test me and know my anxious thoughts.