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