139 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

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Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,(A) Lord,
    and you know(B) me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;(C)
    you perceive my thoughts(D) from afar.
You discern my going out(E) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.(F)

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11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

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

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12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

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12 even the darkness will not be dark(A) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

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17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

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17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](A) God!(B)
    How vast is the sum of them!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

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18 Were I to count them,(A)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(B)
    when I awake,(C) I am still with you.

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