82 lines
2.2 KiB
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82 lines
2.2 KiB
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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
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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 when I sit down and when I rise up;
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you discern my thoughts from afar.
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3. You search out my path and my lying down
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and are acquainted with all my ways.
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4. Even before a word is on my tongue,
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behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
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5. You hem me in, behind and before,
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and lay 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 shall I go from your Spirit?
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Or where shall I flee from your presence?
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8. If I ascend 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 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 cover me,
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and the light about me be night,"
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12. even the darkness is not dark to you;
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the night is bright as the day,
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for darkness is as light with you.
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13. For you formed my inward parts;
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you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
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14. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Wonderful are your works;
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my soul knows it very well.
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15. My frame was not hidden from you,
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when I was being made in secret,
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intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
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16. Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
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in your book were written, every one of them,
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the days that were formed for me,
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when as yet there was none of them.
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17. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
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How vast is the sum of them!
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18. If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
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I awake, and I am still with you.
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19. Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
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O men of blood, depart from me!
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20. They speak against you with malicious intent;
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your enemies take your name in vain.
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21. Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD?
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And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
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22. I hate them with complete 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 thoughts!
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24. And see if there be any grievous way in me,
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and lead me in the way everlasting!
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