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Psalms 139

Psalm 139

God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.

¹Lord, You have searched me and known me.

²You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away.

³You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all.

⁵You have encircled me behind and in front, And placed Your hand upon me.

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.

⁷¶Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

⁸If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

⁹If I take up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

¹⁰Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will take hold of me.

¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,”

¹²Even darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.

¹³¶For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You When I was made in secret, And skillfully formed in the depths of the earth;

¹⁶Your eyes have seen my formless substance; And in Your book were written All the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

¹⁷¶How precious also are Your thoughts for me, God! How vast is the sum of them!

¹⁸Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹¶If only You would put the wicked to death, God; Leave me, you men of bloodshed.

²⁰For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.

²¹Do I not hate those who hate You, Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

²²I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.

²³¶Search me, God, and know my heart; Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts;

²⁴And see if there is any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

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