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Psalms 139 : 1 - 24
Chapter 139
1 | O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
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2 | You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
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3 | You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
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4 | For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.
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5 | You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
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6 | Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
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7 | Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
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8 | If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
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9 | If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
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10 | Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.
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11 | If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me;
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12 | Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
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13 | For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.
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14 | I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
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15 | My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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16 | Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.
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17 | How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
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18 | If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.
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19 | Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
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20 | For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
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21 | Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
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22 | I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.
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23 | Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
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24 | And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
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Acknowledgement
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