Psalms 139 : 1 (HCSB)
*For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Psalms 139 : 2 (HCSB)
You know when I sit down and when I stand up; You understand my thoughts from far away.
Psalms 139 : 3 (HCSB)
You observe my travels and my rest; You are aware of all my ways.
Psalms 139 : 4 (HCSB)
Before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, LORD.
Psalms 139 : 5 (HCSB)
You have encircled me; You have placed Your hand on me.
Psalms 139 : 6 (HCSB)
*This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
Psalms 139 : 7 (HCSB)
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Psalms 139 : 8 (HCSB)
If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
Psalms 139 : 9 (HCSB)
If I live at the eastern horizon *or settle at the western limits,
Psalms 139 : 10 (HCSB)
even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me.
Psalms 139 : 11 (HCSB)
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will become night"--
Psalms 139 : 12 (HCSB)
even the darkness is not dark to You. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to You.
Psalms 139 : 13 (HCSB)
For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb.
Psalms 139 : 14 (HCSB)
I will praise You, because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know *this very well.
Psalms 139 : 15 (HCSB)
My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth.
Psalms 139 : 16 (HCSB)
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.
Psalms 139 : 17 (HCSB)
God, how difficult Your thoughts are for me *to comprehend ; how vast their sum is!
Psalms 139 : 18 (HCSB)
If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with You.
Psalms 139 : 19 (HCSB)
God, if only You would kill the wicked-- you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me--
Psalms 139 : 20 (HCSB)
who invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear *by You falsely.
Psalms 139 : 21 (HCSB)
LORD, don't I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You?
Psalms 139 : 22 (HCSB)
I hate them with extreme hatred; I consider them my enemies.
Psalms 139 : 23 (HCSB)
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Psalms 139 : 24 (HCSB)
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.
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