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Chapter 139 |
| 1 | O lord, thou
hast searched me, and known me. |
| 2 | Thou knowest my downsitting and
mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
| 3 | Thou
compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my
ways. |
| 4 |
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou
knowest it altogether. |
| 5 | Thou hast beset me behind and before, and
laid thine hand upon me. |
| 6 | Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is
high, I cannot attain unto it. |
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7 | Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or
whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
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8 | If I ascend up into heaven,
thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. |
| 9 |
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the
sea; |
| 10 |
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall
hold me. |
| 11
| If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the
night shall be light about me. |
| 12 | Yea, the darkness hideth not
from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are
both alike to thee. |
| 13 | For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast
covered me in my mother's womb. |
| 14 | I will praise thee; for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul
knoweth right well. |
| 15 | My substance was not hid from thee, when I
was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the
earth. |
| 16
| Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and
in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned,
when as yet there was none of them. |
| 17 | How precious also are thy
thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! |
| 18 | If I should
count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still
with thee. |
| 19
| Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me
therefore, ye bloody men. |
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20 | For they speak against thee wickedly,
and thine enemies take thy name in vain. |
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21 | Do not I hate them, O
LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against
thee? |
| 22 |
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine
enemies. |
| 23
| Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my
thoughts: |
| 24
| And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in
the way everlasting. |
