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139:1 [For the choir director. A Psalm of David]. O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known [me. 139:2 Thou dost know when I sit down and when I rise up; Thou dost understand my thought from afar. 139:3 Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, And art intimately acquainted with all my ways. 139:4 Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD], Thou dost know it all. 139:5 Thou hast enclosed me behind and before, And laid Thy hand upon me. 139:6 [Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is [too] high, I cannot attain to it. 139:7 Where can I go from Thy Spirit? Or where can I flee from Thy presence? 139:8 If I ascend to heaven, Thou art there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, Thou art there. 139:9 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, 139:10 Even there Thy hand will lead me, And Thy right hand will lay hold of me. 139:11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night," 139:12 Even the darkness is not dark to Thee, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike [to Thee. 139:13 For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb. 139:14 I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul knows it very well. 139:15 My frame was not hidden from Thee, When I was made in secret, [And] skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth. 139:16 Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Thy book they were all written, The days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was not one of them. 139:17 How precious also are Thy thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! 139:18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with Thee. 139:19 O that Thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. 139:20 For they speak against Thee wickedly, And Thine enemies take [Thy name] in vain. 139:21 Do I not hate those who hate Thee, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against Thee? 139:22 I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies. 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 139:24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.