53 lines
2.1 KiB
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53 lines
2.1 KiB
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# Chapter 139
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1 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
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2 You know my sitting down and my rising up;
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You understand my thought afar off.
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3 You comprehend my path and my lying down,
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And are acquainted with all my ways.
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4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
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But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
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5 You have hedged me behind and before,
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And laid Your hand upon me.
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6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
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It is high, I cannot attain it.
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7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?
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Or where can I flee from Your presence?
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8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
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If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
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9 If I take the wings of the morning,
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And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
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10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
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And Your right hand shall hold me.
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11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,”
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Even the night shall be light about me;
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12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
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But the night shines as the day;
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The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
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13 For You formed my inward parts;
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You covered me in my mother’s womb.
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14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
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Marvelous are Your works,
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And that my soul knows very well.
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15 My frame was not hidden from You,
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When I was made in secret,
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And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
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And in Your book they all were written,
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The days fashioned for me,
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When as yet there were none of them.
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17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
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How great is the sum of them!
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18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
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When I awake, I am still with You.
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19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
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Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
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20 For they speak against You wickedly;
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Your enemies take Your name in vain.
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21 Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
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And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
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22 I hate them with perfect hatred;
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I count them my enemies.
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
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Try me, and know my anxieties;
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24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,
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And lead me in the way everlasting. |