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Chapter 139 | |
1 | O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.  | 
2 | Thou 1knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou 
understandest my thought afar off.
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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.  | 
 
7 | Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I 1flee 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.  | 
20 | For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.  | 
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.  | 
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