<h3>Psalm 139</h3><h3>For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.</h3>139 <poetry>You have searched me, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>and you know me.</indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>You know when I sit and when I rise; <indent>you perceive my thoughts from afar.</indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>You discern my going out and my lying down; <indent>you are familiar with all my ways. </indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>Before a word is on my tongue <indent>you, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, know it completely. </indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>You hem me in behind and before, <indent>and you lay your hand upon me.</indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, <indent>too lofty for me to attain.</indent></poetry> 7 <poetry>Where can I go from your Spirit? <indent>Where can I flee from your presence?</indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>If I go up to the heavens, you are there; <indent>if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.</indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>If I rise on the wings of the dawn, <indent>if I settle on the far side of the sea,</indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>even there your hand will guide me, <indent>your right hand will hold me fast.</indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me <indent>and the light become night around me,”</indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>even the darkness will not be dark to you; <indent>the night will shine like the day,</indent> <indent>for darkness is as light to you.</indent></poetry> 13 <poetry>For you created my inmost being; <indent>you knit me together in my mother’s womb. </indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; <indent>your works are wonderful, </indent> <indent>I know that full well.</indent> </poetry> 15 <poetry>My frame was not hidden from you <indent>when I was made in the secret place,</indent> <indent>when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. </indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>Your eyes saw my unformed body; <indent>all the days ordained for me were written in your book</indent> <indent>before one of them came to be.</indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>How precious to me are your thoughts, God! <indent>How vast is the sum of them!</indent> </poetry> 18 <poetry>Were I to count them, <indent>they would outnumber the grains of sand —</indent> <indent>when I awake, I am still with you.</indent></poetry> 19 <poetry>If only you, God, would slay the wicked! <indent>Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! </indent> </poetry> 20 <poetry>They speak of you with evil intent; <indent>your adversaries misuse your name. </indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry>Do I not hate those who hate you, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?</indent> </poetry> 22 <poetry>I have nothing but hatred for them; <indent>I count them my enemies. </indent> </poetry> 23 <poetry>Search me, God, and know my heart; <indent>test me and know my anxious thoughts.</indent> </poetry> 24 <poetry>See if there is any offensive way in me, <indent>and lead me in the way everlasting.</indent></poetry>

Psalm 139:1

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,<cr>1</cr> <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>and you know<cr>2</cr> me.</indent>

You know when I sit and when I rise;<cr>1</cr> <indent>you perceive my thoughts<cr>2</cr> from afar.</indent>

Psalm 139:2

You discern my going out<cr>1</cr> and my lying down; <indent>you are familiar with all my ways.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Psalm 139:3

Before a word is on my tongue <indent>you, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, know it completely.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Psalm 139:4

You hem me in<cr>1</cr> behind and before, <indent>and you lay your hand upon me.</indent>

Psalm 139:5

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,<cr>1</cr> <indent>too lofty<cr>2</cr> for me to attain.</indent><pb/>

Psalm 139:6

Where can I go from your Spirit? <indent>Where can I flee<cr>1</cr> from your presence?</indent>

Psalm 139:7

If I go up to the heavens,<cr>1</cr> you are there; <indent>if I make my bed<cr>2</cr> in the depths, you are there.</indent>

Psalm 139:8

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, <indent>if I settle on the far side of the sea,</indent>

Psalm 139:9

even there your hand will guide me,<cr>1</cr> <indent>your right hand<cr>2</cr> will hold me fast.</indent>

Psalm 139:10

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me <indent>and the light become night around me,”</indent>

Psalm 139:11

even the darkness will not be dark<cr>1</cr> to you; <indent>the night will shine like the day,</indent> <indent>for darkness is as light to you.</indent><pb/>

Psalm 139:12

For you created my inmost being;<cr>1</cr> <indent>you knit me together<cr>2</cr> in my mother’s womb.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Psalm 139:13

I praise you<cr>1</cr> because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; <indent>your works are wonderful,<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>I know that full well.</indent>

Psalm 139:14

My frame was not hidden from you <indent>when I was made<cr>1</cr> in the secret place,</indent> <indent>when I was woven together<cr>2</cr> in the depths of the earth.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Psalm 139:15

Your eyes saw my unformed body; <indent>all the days ordained<cr>1</cr> for me were written in your book</indent> <indent>before one of them came to be.</indent>

Psalm 139:16

How precious to me are your thoughts,<ft>1</ft><cr>1</cr> God!<cr>2</cr> <indent>How vast is the sum of them!</indent>

Psalm 139:17

Were I to count them,<cr>1</cr> <indent>they would outnumber the grains of sand<cr>2</cr> —</indent> <indent>when I awake,<cr>3</cr> I am still with you.</indent><pb/>

Psalm 139:18

If only you, God, would slay the wicked!<cr>1</cr> <indent>Away from me,<cr>2</cr> you who are bloodthirsty!<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Psalm 139:19

They speak of you with evil intent; <indent>your adversaries<cr>1</cr> misuse your name.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Psalm 139:20

Do I not hate those<cr>1</cr> who hate you, <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>and abhor<cr>2</cr> those who are in rebellion against you?</indent>

Psalm 139:21

I have nothing but hatred for them; <indent>I count them my enemies.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Psalm 139:22

Search me,<cr>1</cr> God, and know my heart;<cr>2</cr> <indent>test me and know my anxious thoughts.</indent>

Psalm 139:23

See if there is any offensive way<cr>1</cr> in me, <indent>and lead me<cr>2</cr> in the way everlasting.</indent>

Psalm 139:24

 1 You have searched me,  Lord, and you know   me.  2 You know when I sit and when I rise;   you perceive my thoughts   from afar.  3 You discern my going out   and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.    4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.    5 You hem me in   behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.  6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,   too lofty   for me to attain.  7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee   from your presence?  8 If I go up to the heavens,   you are there; if I make my bed   in the depths, you are there.  9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,  10 even there your hand will guide me,   your right hand   will hold me fast.  11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”  12 even the darkness will not be dark   to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.  13 For you created my inmost being;   you knit me together   in my mother’s womb.    14 I praise you   because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,   I know that full well.  15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made   in the secret place, when I was woven together   in the depths of the earth.    16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained   for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.  17 How precious to me are your thoughts,    God!   How vast is the sum of them!  18 Were I to count them,   they would outnumber the grains of sand  — when I awake,   I am still with you.  19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!   Away from me,   you who are bloodthirsty!    20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries   misuse your name.    21 Do I not hate those   who hate you, Lord, and abhor   those who are in rebellion against you?  22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.    23 Search me,   God, and know my heart;   test me and know my anxious thoughts.  24 See if there is any offensive way   in me, and lead me   in the way everlasting.

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