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A Psalm of David. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span> O LORD, You have searched me <p class="indent2"> and known me. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You know when I sit and when I rise; <p class="indent2"> You understand my thoughts from afar. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You search out my path and my lying down; <p class="indent2"> You are aware of all my ways. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Even before a word is on my tongue, <p class="indent2"> You know all about it, O LORD. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You hem me in behind and before; <p class="indent2"> You have laid Your hand upon me. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, <p class="indent2"> too lofty for me to attain. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? <p class="indent2"> Where can I flee from Your presence? <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; <p class="indent2"> if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If I rise on the wings of the dawn, <p class="indent2"> if I settle by the farthest sea, <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>even there Your hand will guide me; <p class="indent2"> Your right hand will hold me fast. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, <p class="indent2"> and the light become night around me”— <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>even the darkness is not dark to You, <p class="indent2"> but the night shines like the day, <p class="indent2"> for darkness is as light to You. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For You formed my inmost being;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <p class="indent2"> You knit me together in my mother’s womb. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I praise You, <p class="indent2"> for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. <p class="indent1"> Marvelous are Your works, <p class="indent2"> and I know this very well. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My frame was not hidden from You <p class="indent2"> when I was made in secret, <p class="indent1"> when I was woven together <p class="indent2"> in the depths of the earth. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your eyes saw my unformed body; <p class="indent2"> all my days were written in Your book <p class="indent1"> and ordained for me <p class="indent2"> before one of them came to be. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>How precious to me are Your thoughts,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> O God, <p class="indent2"> how vast is their sum! <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If I were to count them, <p class="indent2"> they would outnumber the grains of sand; <p class="indent1"> and when I awake, <p class="indent2"> I am still with You. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>O God, that You would slay the wicked—<p class="indent2"> away from me, you bloodthirsty men— <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>who speak of You deceitfully; <p class="indent2"> Your enemies take Your name in vain.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, <p class="indent2"> and detest those who rise against You? <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I hate them with perfect hatred; <p class="indent2"> I count them as my enemies. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Search me, O God, and know my heart; <p class="indent2"> test me and know my concerns. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>See if there is any offensive way in me; <p class="indent2"> lead me in the way everlasting.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>my kidneys</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>How amazing are Your thoughts concerning me</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Hebrew <i>Your enemies take in vain</i> or <i>Your enemies bear up in vain</i>; LXX <i>Your enemies take Your cities in vain</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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