Psalms 139
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New Living Translation
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1 O Lord, you have examined my heart and know everything about me.
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2 You know when I sit down or stand up.
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3 You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest. every moment you know where I am.
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4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.
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5 You both precede and follow me. You place you hand of blessing on my head.
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6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to know!
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7 I can never escape from your spirit! I can never get away from your presence!
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8 If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there.
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9 If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
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10 even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me.
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11 I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night--
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12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
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13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb.
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14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous--and how well I know it.
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15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
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16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
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17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God! They are innumerable!
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18 I can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up in the morning, you are still with me!
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19 O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers!
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20 They blaspheme you; your enemies take your name in vain.
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21 O Lord, shouldn't I hate those who hate you? Shouldn't I despise those who resist you?
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22 Yes, I hate them with complete hatred, for your enemies are my enemies.
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23 Search me oh Lord, know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
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24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
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