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Psalms 139

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& O LORD, You have searched me and known {me.}

& You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.

& You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

& Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.

& You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.

& {Such} knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is {too} high, I cannot attain to it.

& Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

& If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

& If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

& Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

& If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,"

& Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike {to You.}

& For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.

& I will give thanks to You, for (Some ancient versions read {You are fearfully wonderful}) I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

& My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, {And} skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

& Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained {for me,} When as yet there was not one of them.

& How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

& If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

& O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

& For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take {Your name} in vain.

& Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

& I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.

& Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

& And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

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