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Psalms 139

Psalm title: To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

  1. 1Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [supplied: me].
  2. 2*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
  3. 3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
  4. 4For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [supplied: but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
  5. 5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
  6. 6O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [supplied: attain] unto it.
  7. 7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
  8. 8If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [supplied: art there];
  9. 9[supplied: If] I take the wings of the dawn [supplied: and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
  10. 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
  11. 11And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
  12. 12Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
  13. 13For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
  14. 14I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [supplied: that] my soul knoweth right well.
  15. 15My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
  16. 16Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all [supplied: my members] were written; [supplied: during many] days were they fashioned, when [supplied: as yet] there was none of them.
  17. 17But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
  18. 18[supplied: If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
  19. 19Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
  20. 20For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [supplied: thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
  21. 21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
  22. 22I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
  23. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
  24. 24And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

Words in italics were supplied by the translators.

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