| 139 | Psalms | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.] | |||
| O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me! | God all-knowing & ever-present. Psalm 139(v138) | ||
| Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar. | |||
| Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. | |||
| Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. | |||
| Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me. | |||
| Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. | |||
| Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? | |||
| If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there! | |||
| If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, | |||
| even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. | |||
| If I say, "Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me be night," | |||
| even the darkness is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with thee. | |||
| For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb. | |||
| I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well; | |||
| my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth. | |||
| Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. | |||
| How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! | |||
| If I would count them, they are more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. | |||
| O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God, and that men of blood would depart from me, | |||
| men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil! | |||
| Do I not hate them that hate thee, O LORD? And do I not loathe them that rise up against thee? | |||
| I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. | |||
| Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! | |||
| And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! | |||
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