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55 lines
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# Chapter 139
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1 O Lord, you have examined my heart
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and know everything about me.
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2 You know when I sit down or stand up.
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You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
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3 You see me when I travel
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and when I rest at home.
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You know everything I do.
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4 You know what I am going to say
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even before I say it, Lord.
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5 You go before me and follow me.
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You place your hand of blessing on my head.
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6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
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too great for me to understand!
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7 I can never escape from your Spirit!
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I can never get away from your presence!
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8 If I go up to heaven, you are there;
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if I go down to the grave, you are there.
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9 If I ride the wings of the morning,
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if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
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10 even there your hand will guide me,
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and your strength will support me.
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11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
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and the light around me to become night—
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12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
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To you the night shines as bright as day.
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Darkness and light are the same to you.
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13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
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and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
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14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
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Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
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15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
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as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
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16 You saw me before I was born.
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Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
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Every moment was laid out
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before a single day had passed.
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17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
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They cannot be numbered!
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18 I can’t even count them;
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they outnumber the grains of sand!
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And when I wake up,
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you are still with me!
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19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!
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Get out of my life, you murderers!
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20 They blaspheme you;
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your enemies misuse your name.
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21 O Lord, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?
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Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?
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22 Yes, I hate them with total hatred,
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for your enemies are my enemies.
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
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test me and know my anxious thoughts.
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24 Point out anything in me that offends you,
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and lead me along the path of everlasting life. |