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A psalm of David.</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, you have searched me and known me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You know when I sit down and when I stand up;</p><p class="poem">you understand my thoughts from far away.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You observe my travels and my rest;</p><p class="poem">you are aware of all my ways.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Before a word is on my tongue,</p><p class="poem">you know all about it, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You have encircled me;</p><p class="poem">you have placed your hand on me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.</p><p class="poem">It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Where can I go to escape your Spirit?</p><p class="poem">Where can I flee from your presence?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If I go up to heaven, you are there;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If I fly on the wings of the dawn</p><p class="poem">and settle down on the western horizon,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.139.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>even there your hand will lead me;</p><p class="poem">your right hand will hold on to me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,</p><p class="poem">and the light around me will be night”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>even the darkness is not dark to you.</p><p class="poem">The night shines like the day;</p><p class="poem">darkness and light are alike to you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For it was you who created my inward parts;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.139.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">you knit me together in my mother’s womb.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will praise you</p><p class="poem">because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.139.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.139.14.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">Your works are wondrous,</p><p class="poem">and I know this very well.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My bones were not hidden from you</p><p class="poem">when I was made in secret,</p><p class="poem">when I was formed in the depths of the earth.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your eyes saw me when I was formless;</p><p class="poem">all my days were written in your book and planned</p><p class="poem">before a single one of them began.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>God, how precious<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.139.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> your thoughts are to me;</p><p class="poem">how vast their sum is!</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If I counted them,</p><p class="poem">they would outnumber the grains of sand;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">when I wake up,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.139.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> I am still with you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.18.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>God, if only you would kill the wicked —</p><p class="poem">you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>who invoke you deceitfully.</p><p class="poem">Your enemies swear by you falsely.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, don’t I hate those who hate you,</p><p class="poem">and detest those who rebel against you?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I hate them with extreme hatred;</p><p class="poem">I consider them my enemies.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Search me, God, and know my heart;</p><p class="poem">test me and know my concerns.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.139.24" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>See if there is any offensive<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.139.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> way in me;</p><p class="poem">lead me in the everlasting way.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.139.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.139" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.139.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.9">139:9</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">the end of the sea</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.139.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.13">139:13</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">my kidneys</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.139.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.14">139:14</a></span> DSS, some LXX mss, Syr, Jer read <span class="italic">because you are remarkable and wonderful</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.139.14.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.14">139:14</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.139.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.17">139:17</a></span> Or <span class="italic">difficult</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.139.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.18">139:18</a></span> Some Hb mss read <span class="italic">I come to an end</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.139.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.24">139:24</a></span> Or <span class="italic">idolatrous</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.139" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.1">139:1</a></span> Ps 17:3; 44:21; Jr 12:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.2">139:2</a></span> 2Kg 19:27; Is 66:18; Mt 9:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.3">139:3</a></span> Jb 14:16; 31:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.4">139:4</a></span> Heb 4:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.5">139:5</a></span> Jb 9:33; Ps 125:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.6">139:6</a></span> Jb 42:3; Rm 11:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.7">139:7</a></span> Jr 23:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.8">139:8</a></span> Am 9:2–4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.8">139:8</a></span> Jb 26:6; Is 14:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.9">139:9-10</a></span> Ps 23:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.11">139:11</a></span> Jb 22:13–14</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.12">139:12</a></span> Jb 34:22; Dn 2:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.13">139:13</a></span> Jb 10:11; Ps 119:73</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.14">139:14</a></span> Ps 40:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.15">139:15</a></span> Jb 10:8–10; Ps 63:9; Ec 11:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.16">139:16</a></span> Jb 14:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.17">139:17-18</a></span> Ps 40:5; 92:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.18.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.18">139:18</a></span> Ps 3:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.19">139:19</a></span> Ps 5:6; 6:8; Is 11:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.20">139:20</a></span> Ex 20:7; Jd 15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.21">139:21-22</a></span> Ps 26:5; 31:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.23">139:23</a></span> Jb 31:6; Ps 26:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.139.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.139.24">139:24</a></span> Ps 16:11</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.139" 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