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Psalms 139

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¹ For the choir director. A psalm of David. [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 wondrous 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 wondrously made. [3] [4] Your works are wondrous, 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 precious [5] your thoughts are to me; how vast their sum is!

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. ⓘ

#	CSB
1	For the choir director. A psalm of David. [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 wondrous 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 wondrously made. [3] [4] Your works are wondrous, 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 precious [5] your thoughts are to me; 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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