Psalm 139

Psalm 139:1

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

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Psalm 139:2

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

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Psalm 139:3

You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

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Psalm 139:4

Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

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Psalm 139:5

You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.

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Psalm 139:6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

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Psalm 139:7

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

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Psalm 139:8

If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

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Psalm 139:9

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

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If I take Light has been proved , by many experiments , to travel at the astonishing rate of 194 ,188 miles in one second of time; and comes from the sun to the earth , a distance of 95 ,513 ,794 miles in 8 minutes and nearly 12 seconds! But , could I even fly upon the wings or rays of the morning light , which diffuses itself with such velocity over the globe from east to west , instead of being beyond Thy reach , or by this sudden transition be able to escape Thy notice , Thy arm could still at pleasure prevent or arrest my progress , and I should still be encircled with the immensity of Thy essence. The sentiment in this noble passage is remarkably striking and the description truly sublime.

Psalm 139:10

even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

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Psalm 139:11

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

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Psalm 139:12

even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

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hideth not Heb. darkeneth not

the darkness etc. Heb. as is the darkness , so is the light

Psalm 139:13

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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Psalm 139:14

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

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right well Heb. greatly

Psalm 139:15

My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

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substance or , strength , or body

Psalm 139:16

Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

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all my members Heb. all of them

which in continuance were fashioned or , what days they should be fashioned

Psalm 139:17

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!

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Psalm 139:18

If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

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Psalm 139:19

O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—

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Psalm 139:20

who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

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Psalm 139:21

Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

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Psalm 139:22

I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

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Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

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Psalm 139:24

See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.

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