Psalm 139
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1For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know. 1For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, LORD, and you know 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 and when I rise; you perceive 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 discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it. 4Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
5You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me. 5You hem me in behind and before, and you 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, too lofty for me to attain.
7Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? 7Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can 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 go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, 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 rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me. 10even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
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 will hide me and the light become night around me,"
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 will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
13Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother's womb. 13For you created my inmost being; you knit 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 because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full 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 made in the secret place, when I was woven together 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 body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
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, 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. 18Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand-- when I awake, I am still with you.
19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men! 19If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie. 20They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you? 21Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies! 22I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! 23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path! 24See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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