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Psalm 139

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,f Lord,

and you knowg me.

You know when I sit and when I rise;h

you perceive my thoughtsi from afar.

You discern my going outj and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.k

Before a word is on my tongue

you, Lord, know it completely.l

You hem me inm behind and before,

and you lay your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,n

too loftyo for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I fleep from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens,q you are there;

if I make my bedr in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me,s

your right handt will hold me fast.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me

and the light become night around me,”

12 even the darkness will not be darku to you;

the night will shine like the day,

for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;v

you knit me togetherw in my mother’s womb.x

14 I praise youy because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,z

I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you

when I was madea in the secret place,

when I was woven togetherb in the depths of the earth.c

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordainedd for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts,a e God!f

How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them,g

they would outnumber the grains of sandh

when I awake,i I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!j

Away from me,k you who are bloodthirsty!l

20 They speak of you with evil intent;

your adversariesm misuse your name.n

21 Do I not hate thoseo who hate you, Lord,

and abhorp those who are in rebellion against you?

22 I have nothing but hatred for them;

I count them my enemies.q

23 Search me,r God, and know my heart;s

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive wayt in me,

and lead meu in the way everlasting.

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