| 139 | Psalms | Passage |
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For the choirmaster. Of David. Psalm. Yahweh, you examine me and know me,
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God all-knowing & ever-present. Psalm 139(v138)
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you know when I sit, when I rise,
you understand my thoughts from afar.
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You watch when I walk or lie down,
you know every detail of my conduct. |
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A word is not yet on my tongue
before you, Yahweh, know all about it.
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You fence me in, behind and in front,
you have laid your hand upon me.
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Such amazing knowledge is beyond me,
a height to which I cannot attain. |
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Where shall I go to escape your spirit?
Where shall I flee from your presence?
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If I scale the heavens you are there,
if I lie flat in Sheol, there you are. |
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If I speed away on the wings of the dawn,
if I dwell beyond the ocean,
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even there your hand will be guiding me,
your right hand holding me fast. |
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I will say, 'Let the darkness cover me,
and the night wrap itself around me,'
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even darkness to you is not dark,
and night is as clear as the day. |
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You created my inmost self,
knit me together in my mother's womb.
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For so many marvels I thank you;
a wonder am I, and all your works are wonders. You knew me through and through,
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my being held no secrets from you,
when I was being formed in secret,
textured in the depths of the earth. |
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Your eyes could see my embryo. In your book all my days were inscribed,
every one that was fixed is there.
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How hard for me to grasp your thoughts,
how many, God, there are!
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If I count them, they are more than the grains of sand;
if I come to an end, I am still with you. |
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If only, God, you would kill the wicked!—
Men of violence, keep away from me!—
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those who speak blasphemously about you,
and take no account of your thoughts. |
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Yahweh, do I not hate those who hate you,
and loathe those who defy you?
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My hate for them has no limits,
I regard them as my own enemies. |
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God, examine me and know my heart,
test me and know my concerns.
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Make sure that I am not on my way to ruin,
and guide me on the road of eternity. |
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