Psalm 139
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1For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know. 1O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives. 2You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
3You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do. 3You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it. 4Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
5You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me. 5You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
7Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? 7Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. 8If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea, 9If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me. 10even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
11If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me," 11If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,”
12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you. 12even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
13Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother's womb. 13For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly; 14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
15my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. 15My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence. 16Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
17How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total! 17How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
18If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you. 18If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men! 19Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!
20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie. 20They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain.
21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you? 21Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies! 22I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies.
23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! 23Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
24See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path! 24And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
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