📖 Psalms 139
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For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know.
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You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
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You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do.
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Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it.
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You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.
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Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.
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Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?
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If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.
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If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,
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even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me.
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If I were to say,“Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,”
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even 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.
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Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother’s womb.
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I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;
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my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.
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Your 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.
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How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!
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If 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.
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If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!
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They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.
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O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you?
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I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies!
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Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns!
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See if there is any idolatrous way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way!