Psalms 139:1
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.


Psalms 139:2
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.


Psalms 139:3
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.


Psalms 139:4
Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.


Psalms 139:5
You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.


Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge
is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.


Psalms 139:7
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?


Psalms 139:8
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.


Psalms 139:9
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,


Psalms 139:10
Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.


Psalms 139:11
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,"


Psalms 139:12
Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.


Psalms 139:13
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother's womb.


Psalms 139:14
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.


Psalms 139:15
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;


Psalms 139:16
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.


Psalms 139:17
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!


Psalms 139:18
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.


Psalms 139:19
O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.


Psalms 139:20
For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.


Psalms 139:21
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD ?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?


Psalms 139:22
I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.


Psalms 139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;


Psalms 139:24
And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.

 

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