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Psalms 139

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ LORD, You have searched me and known me. ⓐ

² You know when I sit down and when I stand up; You understand my thoughts from far away. ⓑ

³ You observe my travels and my rest; You are aware of all my ways. ⓒ

⁴ Before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, LORD. ⓓ

⁵ You have encircled me; You have placed Your hand on me. ⓔ

⁶ This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it. ⓕ

⁷ Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? ⓖ

⁸ If I go up to heaven, You are there; ⓗ if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. ⓘ

⁹ If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, [1]

¹⁰ even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me. ⓙ

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will be night” ⓚ —

¹² even the darkness is not dark to You. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to You. ⓛ

¹³ For it was You who created my inward parts; [2] You knit me together in my mother’s womb. ⓜ

¹⁴ I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. [3] [4] Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well. ⓝ

¹⁵ My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth. ⓞ

¹⁶ Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began. ⓟ

¹⁷ God, how difficult [5] Your thoughts are for me to comprehend; how vast their sum is!

¹⁸ If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; ⓠ when I wake up, [6] I am still with You. ⓡ

¹⁹ God, if only You would kill the wicked — you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me ⓢ —

²⁰ who invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear by You falsely. ⓣ

²¹ LORD, don’t I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You?

²² I hate them with extreme hatred; I consider them my enemies. ⓤ

²³ Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. ⓥ

²⁴ See if there is any offensive [7] way in me; lead me in the everlasting way. ⓦ

#	HCSB
1	LORD, You have searched me and known me. ⓐ
2	You know when I sit down and when I stand up; You understand my thoughts from far away. ⓑ
3	You observe my travels and my rest; You are aware of all my ways. ⓒ
4	Before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, LORD. ⓓ
5	You have encircled me; You have placed Your hand on me. ⓔ
6	This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it. ⓕ
7	Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? ⓖ
8	If I go up to heaven, You are there; ⓗ if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. ⓘ
9	If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, [1]
10	even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me. ⓙ
11	If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will be night” ⓚ —
12	even the darkness is not dark to You. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to You. ⓛ
13	For it was You who created my inward parts; [2] You knit me together in my mother’s womb. ⓜ
14	I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. [3] [4] Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well. ⓝ
15	My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth. ⓞ
16	Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began. ⓟ
17	God, how difficult [5] Your thoughts are for me to comprehend; how vast their sum is!
18	If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; ⓠ when I wake up, [6] I am still with You. ⓡ
19	God, if only You would kill the wicked — you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me ⓢ —
20	who invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear by You falsely. ⓣ
21	LORD, don’t I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You?
22	I hate them with extreme hatred; I consider them my enemies. ⓤ
23	Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. ⓥ
24	See if there is any offensive [7] way in me; lead me in the everlasting way. ⓦ

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^{Psalms 139:17 [220]} Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

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