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# Chapter 139
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1 Lord, you have searched me and known me.
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2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
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you understand my thoughts from far away.
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3 You observe my travels and my rest;
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you are aware of all my ways.
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4 Before a word is on my tongue,
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you know all about it, Lord.
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5 You have encircled me;
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you have placed your hand on me.
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6 This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.
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It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
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7 Where can I go to escape your Spirit?
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Where can I flee from your presence?
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8 If I go up to heaven, you are there;
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if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
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9 If I fly on the wings of the dawn
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and settle down on the western horizon,
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10 even there your hand will lead me;
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your right hand will hold on to me.
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11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
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and the light around me will be night”—
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12 even the darkness is not dark to you.
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The night shines like the day;
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darkness and light are alike to you.
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13 For it was you who created my inward parts;
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you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
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14 I will praise you
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because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.
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Your works are wondrous,
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and I know this very well.
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15 My bones were not hidden from you
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when I was made in secret,
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when I was formed in the depths of the earth.
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16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
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all my days were written in your book and planned
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before a single one of them began.
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17 God, how precious your thoughts are to me;
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how vast their sum is!
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18 If I counted them,
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they would outnumber the grains of sand;
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when I wake up, I am still with you.
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19 God, if only you would kill the wicked—
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you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me—
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20 who invoke you deceitfully.
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Your enemies swear by you falsely.
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21 Lord, don’t I hate those who hate you,
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and detest those who rebel against you?
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22 I hate them with extreme hatred;
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I consider them my enemies.
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23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
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test me and know my concerns.
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24 See if there is any offensive way in me;
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lead me in the everlasting way. |