Psalm 139
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1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.5You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.10even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,"11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.12even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
13For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.13For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.14I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
15My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16Your 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.16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
17How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!17How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
19O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.19O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.20who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
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