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139:1  To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.
139:2  You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do]; You understand my thought from afar.
139:3  You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
139:4  Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken], Behold, O Lord, You know it all.
139:5  You have enclosed me behind and before, And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.
139:6  Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.
139:7  Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
139:8  If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are 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 Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will take hold of me.
139:11  If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me, And the night will be the only light around me,”
139:12  Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You, But the night shines as bright as the day; Darkness and light are alike to You.
139:13  For You formed my innermost parts; You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.
139:14  I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.
139:15  My frame was not hidden from You, When I was being formed in secret, And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.
139:16  Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were appointed for me, When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].
139:17  How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
139:18  If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.
139:19  O that You would kill the wicked, O God; Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
139:20  For they speak against You wickedly, Your enemies take Your name in vain.
139:21  Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
139:22  I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.
139:23  Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart; Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
139:24  And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.