Psalms 139
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Psalm 139
For the choir director; a psalm by David.
1O Lord, you have examined me, and you know me.
2You alone know when I sit down and when I get up.
You read my thoughts from far away.
3You watch me when I travel and when I rest.
You are familiar with all my ways.
4Even before there is a ⌞single⌟ word on my tongue,
you know all about it, Lord.
5You are all around me—in front of me and in back of me.
You lay your hand on me.
6Such knowledge is beyond my grasp.
It is so high I cannot reach it.
7Where can I go ⌞to get away⌟ from your Spirit?
Where can I run ⌞to get away⌟ from you?
8If I go up to heaven, you are there.
If I make my bed in hell, you are there.
9If I climb upward on the rays of the morning sun
⌞or⌟ land on the most distant shore of the sea where the sun sets,
10even there your hand would guide me
and your right hand would hold on to me.
11If I say, “Let the darkness hide me
and let the light around me turn into night,”
12even the darkness is not too dark for you.
Night is as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same ⌞to you⌟.
13You alone created my inner being.
You knitted me together inside my mother.
14I will give thanks to you
because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made.
Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.
15My bones were not hidden from you
when I was being made in secret,
when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop.
16Your eyes saw me when I was still an unborn child.
Every day ⌞of my life⌟ was recorded in your book
before one of them had taken place.
17How precious are your thoughts concerning me, O God!
How vast in number they are!
18If I try to count them,
there would be more of them than there are grains of sand.
When I wake up, I am still with you.
19I wish that you would kill wicked people, O God,
and that bloodthirsty people would leave me alone.
20They say wicked things about you.
Your enemies misuse your name.
21Shouldn’t I hate those who hate you, O Lord?
Shouldn’t I be disgusted with those who attack you?
22I hate them with all my heart.
They have become my enemies.
23Examine me, O God, and know my mind.
Test me, and know my thoughts.
24See whether I am on an evil path.
Then lead me on the everlasting path.
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Psalms 139
139
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1 LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
Thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,
And art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue,
But, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before,
And laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Whither shall I from thy spirit?
Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
9If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall thy hand lead me,
And thy right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me,
And the light about me shall be night;
12Even the darkness hideth not from thee,
But the night shineth as the day:
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13For thou hast possessed my reins:
Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
Wonderful are thy works;
And that my soul knoweth right well.
15My frame was not hidden from thee,
When I was made in secret,
And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance,
And in thy book were all my members written,
Which day by day were fashioned,
When as yet there was none of them.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:
When I awake, I am still with thee.
19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:
Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
20For they speak against thee wickedly,
And thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee?
And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred:
I count them mine enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart:
Try me and know my thoughts:
24And see if there be any way of wickedness in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
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