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Psalms
139
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1
[For the choir director; a psalm by David.] O LORD, you have examined me, and you know me.
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Psalms
139
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2
You alone know when I sit down and when I get up. You read my thoughts from far away.
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Psalms
139
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3
You watch me when I travel and when I rest. You are familiar with all my ways.
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Psalms
139
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4
Even before there is a [single] word on my tongue, you know all about it, LORD.
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Psalms
139
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5
You are all around me-in front of me and in back of me. You lay your hand on me.
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Psalms
139
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6
Such knowledge is beyond my grasp. It is so high I cannot reach it.
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Psalms
139
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7
Where can I go [to get away] from your Spirit? Where can I run [to get away] from you?
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Psalms
139
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8
If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in hell, you are there.
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Psalms
139
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9
If I climb upward on the rays of the morning sun [or] land on the most distant shore of the sea where the sun sets,
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Psalms
139
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10
even there your hand would guide me and your right hand would hold on to me.
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Psalms
139
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11
If I say, "Let the darkness hide me and let the light around me turn into night,"
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Psalms
139
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12
even the darkness is not too dark for you. Night is as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same [to you].
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Psalms
139
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13
You alone created my inner being. You knitted me together inside my mother.
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Psalms
139
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14
I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.
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Psalms
139
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15
My bones were not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop.
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Psalms
139
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16
Your eyes saw me when I was only a fetus. Every day [of my life] was recorded in your book before one of them had taken place.
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Psalms
139
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17
How precious are your thoughts concerning me, O God! How vast in number they are!
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Psalms
139
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18
If I try to count them, there would be more of them than there are grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
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Psalms
139
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19
I wish that you would kill wicked people, O God, and that bloodthirsty people would leave me alone.
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Psalms
139
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20
They say wicked things about you. Your enemies misuse your name.
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Psalms
139
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21
Shouldn't I hate those who hate you, O LORD? Shouldn't I be disgusted with those who attack you?
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Psalms
139
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22
I hate them with all my heart. They have become my enemies.
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Psalms
139
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23
Examine me, O God, and know my mind. Test me, and know my thoughts.
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Psalms
139
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24
See whether I am on an evil path. Then lead me on the everlasting path.