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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 139 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/139.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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140">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="d">(A psalm by David for the music leader.)</h3><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Is Always Near</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.1" class="v19_139_1">1</span>You have looked deep</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_1">into my heart, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_1">and you know all about me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.2" class="v19_139_2">2</span>You know when I am resting</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_2">or when I am working,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_2">and from heaven</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_2">you discover my thoughts.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.3" class="v19_139_3">3</span>You notice everything I do</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_3">and everywhere I go.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.4" class="v19_139_4">4</span>Before I even speak a word,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_4">you know what I will say,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.5" class="v19_139_5">5</span>and with your powerful arm</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_5">you protect me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_5">from every side.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.6" class="v19_139_6">6</span>I can't understand all of this!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_6">Such wonderful knowledge</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_6">is far above me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.7" class="v19_139_7">7</span>Where could I go to escape</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_7">from your Spirit</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_7">or from your sight?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.8" class="v19_139_8">8</span>If I were to climb up</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_8">to the highest heavens,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_8">you would be there.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_8">If I were to dig down</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_8">to the world of the dead</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_8">you would also be there.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.9" class="v19_139_9">9</span>Suppose I had wings</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_9">like the dawning day</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_9">and flew across the ocean.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.10" class="v19_139_10">10</span>Even then your powerful arm</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_10">would guide and protect me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.11" class="v19_139_11">11</span>Or suppose I said, “I'll hide</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_11">in the dark until night comes</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_11">to cover me over.”</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.12" class="v19_139_12">12</span>But you see in the dark</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_12">because daylight and dark</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_12">are all the same to you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.13" class="v19_139_13">13</span>You are the one</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_13">who put me together</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_13">inside my mother's body,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.14" class="v19_139_14">14</span>and I praise you because of</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_14">the wonderful way</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_14">you created me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_14">Everything you do is marvelous!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_14">Of this I have no doubt.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.15" class="v19_139_15">15</span>Nothing about me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_15">is hidden from you!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_15">I was secretly woven together</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_15">out of human sight,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.16" class="v19_139_16">16</span>but with your own eyes you saw</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_16">my body being formed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_16">Even before I was born,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_16">you had written in your book</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_16">everything about me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.17" class="v19_139_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.139.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Your thoughts are far beyond</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_17">my understanding,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_17">much more than I</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_17">could ever imagine.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.18" class="v19_139_18">18</span>I try to count your thoughts,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_18">but they outnumber the grains</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_18">of sand on the beach.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_18">And when I awake,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_18">I will find you nearby.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.19" class="v19_139_19">19</span>How I wish that you would kill</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_19">all cruel and heartless people</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_19">and protect me from them!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.20" class="v19_139_20">20</span>They are always rebelling</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_20">and speaking evil of you.<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.139.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_21"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.21" class="v19_139_21">21</span>You know I hate anyone</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_21">who hates you, <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_21">and refuses to obey.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_22"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.22" class="v19_139_22">22</span>They are my enemies too,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_22">and I truly hate them.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_23"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.23" class="v19_139_23">23</span>Look deep into my heart, God,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_23">and find out everything</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_23">I am thinking.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_24"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.139.24" class="v19_139_24">24</span>Don't let me follow evil ways,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_139_24">but lead me in the way</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_139_24">that time has proven true.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">139.20 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 20.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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