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Of David. A Psalm.</i></SS><CP><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O Yahweh, You have searched me and known <i>me</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You know <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>when I sit down and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>when I rise up; <p class="indent2">You understand my thought from afar. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>scrutinize my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>path and my lying down, <p class="indent2">And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Even before there is a word on my tongue, <p class="indent2">Behold, O Yahweh, You know it all. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You have enclosed me behind and before, <p class="indent2">And You have put Your hand upon me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><i>Such</i> knowledge is too wonderful for me; <p class="indent2">It is <i>too</i> high, I cannot attain to it. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Where can I go from Your Spirit? <p class="indent2">Or where can I flee from Your presence? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If I ascend to heaven, You are there; <p class="indent2">If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>If I lift up the wings of the dawn, <p class="indent2">If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Even there Your hand will lead me, <p class="indent2">And Your right hand will lay hold of me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If I say, “Surely the darkness will bruise me, <p class="indent2">And the light around me will be night,” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Even the darkness is not too dark for You, <p class="indent2">And the night is as bright as the day. <p class="indent2">Darkness and light are alike <i>to You</i>. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For You formed my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>inward parts; <p class="indent2">You wove me in my mother’s womb. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will give thanks to You, for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>I am fearfully and wonderfully made; <p class="indent2">Wonderful are Your works, <p class="indent2">And my soul knows it very well. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>frame was not hidden from You, <p class="indent2">When I was made in secret, <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> intricately woven in the depths of the earth; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your eyes have seen my unshaped substance; <p class="indent2">And in Your book all of them were written <p class="indent2">The days that were formed <i>for me</i>, <p class="indent2">When as yet there was not one of them. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>How precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! <p class="indent2">How vast is the sum of them! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. <p class="indent2">When I awake, I am still with You. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Oh that You would slay the wicked, O God! <p class="indent2">O men of bloodshed, depart from me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For they speak <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>against You wickedly, <p class="indent2">And Your enemies <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>take <i>Your name</i> in vain. <p class="indent1"><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 Yahweh? <p class="indent2">And do I not revile those who rise up against You? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I hate them with the utmost hatred; <p class="indent2">They have become my enemies. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><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">Try me and know my anxious thoughts; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/139-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And see if there be any <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hurtful way in me, <p class="indent2">And lead me in the everlasting way.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>my sitting</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>my rising</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>winnow</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>journeying</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>When there is not</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>kidneys</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Some ancient versions <i>You are fearfully wonderful</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>bones were</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>of</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Some mss <i>lift themselves up</i> against You<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> Lit <i>way of pain</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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