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Psalms 139

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Berean Standard Bible

139:1

For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me. .

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139:2

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.

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139:3

Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

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139:4

For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether.

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139:5

Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, And laid Thy hand upon me.

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139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; Too high, I cannot attain unto it.

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139:7

Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?

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139:8

If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; If I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.

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139:9

If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

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139:10

Even there would Thy hand lead me, And Thy right hand would hold me.

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139:11

And if I say: ‘Surely the darkness shall envelop me, And the light about me shall be night';

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139:12

Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, But the night shineth as the day; The darkness is even as the light.

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139:13

For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.

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139:14

I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

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139:15

My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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139:16

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, And in Thy book they were all written— Even the days that were fashioned, When as yet there was none of them.

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139:17

How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

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139:18

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; Were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.

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139:19

If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God— Depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;

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139:20

Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, They take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies— .

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139:21

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?

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139:22

I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.

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139:23

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

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139:24

And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, And lead me in the way everlasting.

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