139:1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. Lord, you have examined me and know all about me.
139:2 You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts before I think them.
139:3 You know where I go and where I lie down. You know everything I do.
139:4 Lord, even before I say a word, you already know it.
139:5 You are all around me—in front and in back— and have put your hand on me.
139:6 Your knowledge is amazing to me; it is more than I can understand.
139:7 Where can I go to get away from your Spirit? Where can I run from you?
139:8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there. If I lie down in the grave, you are there.
139:9 If I rise with the sun in the east and settle in the west beyond the sea,
139:10 even there you would guide me. With your right hand you would hold me.
139:11 I could say, “The darkness will hide me. Let the light around me turn into night.”
139:12 But even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is as light as the day; darkness and light are the same to you.
139:13 You made my whole being; you formed me in my mother’s body.
139:14 I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.
139:15 You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother’s body. When I was put together there,
139:16 you saw my body as it was formed. All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old.
139:17 God, your thoughts are precious to me. They are so many!
139:18 If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
139:19 God, I wish you would kill the wicked! Get away from me, you murderers!
139:20 They say evil things about you. Your enemies use your name thoughtlessly.
139:21 Lord, I hate those who hate you; I hate those who rise up against you.
139:22 I feel only hate for them; they are my enemies.
139:23 God, examine me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
139:24 See if there is any bad thing in me. Lead me on the road to everlasting life.
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