| 139:1
| O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
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| 139:2
| Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off.
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| 139:3
| Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all
my ways.
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| 139:4
| For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it
altogether.
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| 139:5
| Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
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| 139:6
| Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto
it.
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| 139:7
| Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy
presence?
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| 139:8
| If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell,
behold, thou art there.
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| 139:9
| If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of
the sea;
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| 139:10
| Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
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| 139:11
| If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be
light about me.
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| 139:12
| Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the
day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
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| 139:13
| For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's
womb.
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| 139:14
| I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous
are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
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| 139:15
| My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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| 139:16
| 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.
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| 139:17
| How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum
of them!
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| 139:18
| If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I
awake, I am still with thee.
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| 139:19
| Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye
bloody men.
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| 139:20
| For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in
vain.
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| 139:21
| Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with
those that rise up against thee?
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| 139:22
| I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
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| 139:23
| Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
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| 139:24
| And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
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