PsalmsChapter 139

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¹For the music leader. A psalm of David.
LORD, you have searched me,
and you know me. ²You know when I sit down and when I get up.
You understand my thoughts from far away. ³You watch where I go and where I lie down.
You know all my ways. ⁴Even before a word is on my tongue,
you know all about it, LORD. ⁵You close me in, behind me and in front of me.
You have put your hand on me. ⁶Knowing this is too wonderful for me.
It is too high for me to reach. ⁷Where can I go to get away from your Spirit?
Where can I run from your presence? ⁸If I go up to the heavens, you are there.
If I make my bed in the grave, you are there.a ⁹If I fly on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle by the farthest sea, ¹⁰even there your hand will guide me.
Your right hand will hold on to me tight. ¹¹If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will turn into night," ¹²even the darkness is not dark to you.
The night shines like the day,
for darkness is like light to you. ¹³For you made the deepest parts of me.
You knit me together in my mother's womb. ¹⁴I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are amazing,
and I know this very well. ¹⁵My bones were not hidden from you
when I was made in secret,
when I was woven together
in the depths of the earth. ¹⁶Your eyes saw my body before it was formed.
All my days were written in your book.
They were planned for me
before even one of them came to be. ¹⁷How precious your thoughts are to me, God!
How huge their number is! ¹⁸If I tried to count them,
they would be more than the grains of sand.
And when I wake up, I am still with you. ¹⁹God, if only you would kill the wicked!
Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! ²⁰They speak about you with lies.
Your enemies misuse your name. ²¹Don't I hate those who hate you, LORD?
Don't I loathe those who rise up against you? ²²I hate them with total hatred.
I count them as my enemies. ²³Search me, God, and know my heart.
Test me and know my worries. ²⁴See if there is any way in me that offends you.
Lead me in the way that lasts forever.