Psalm 139
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1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. LORD, You have searched me and known me. 1LORD, you have examined me; you have known me.
2You know when I sit down and when I stand up; You understand my thoughts from far away. 2You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you.
3You observe my travels and my rest; You are aware of all my ways. 3You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways.
4Before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, LORD. 4Even before I have formed a word with my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely!
5You have encircled me; You have placed Your hand on me. 5You encircle me from back to front, placing your hand upon me.
6This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it. 6Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it.
7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? 7Where can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence?
8If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. 8If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!
9If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, 9If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon
10even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me. 10your hand will guide me there, too, while your right hand keeps a firm grip on me.
11If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will be night"-- 11If I say, "Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night,"
12even the darkness is not dark to You. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to You. 12even darkness isn't dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you.
13For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb. 13It was you who formed my internal organs, fashioning me within my mother's womb.
14I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well. 14I praise you, because you are fearful and wondrous! Your work is wonderful, and I am fully aware of it.
15My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth. 15My frame was not hidden from you while I was being crafted in a hidden place, knit together in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began. 16Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet.
17God, how difficult Your thoughts are for me to comprehend; how vast their sum is! 17How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!
18If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with You. 18Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you.
19God, if only You would kill the wicked-- you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me-- 19God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me,
20who invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear by You falsely. 20who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain.
21 LORD, don't I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You? 21I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ?
22I hate them with extreme hatred; I consider them my enemies. 22With consummate hatred I hate them; I consider them my enemies.
23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. 23Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts.
24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way. 24See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way.
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