God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

139 Lord, You have (A)searched me and known me.
You (B)know [a]when I sit down and [b]when I get up;
You (C)understand my thought from far away.
You [c](D)scrutinize my [d]path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
[e]Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, Lord, You (E)know it all.
You have (F)encircled me behind and in front,
And (G)placed Your hand upon me.
Such (H)knowledge is (I)too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:2 Lit my sitting
  2. Psalm 139:2 Lit my rising
  3. Psalm 139:3 Lit winnow
  4. Psalm 139:3 Or journeying
  5. Psalm 139:4 Lit For there is not

139 1-6 God, investigate my life;
    get all the facts firsthand.
I’m an open book to you;
    even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking.
You know when I leave and when I get back;
    I’m never out of your sight.
You know everything I’m going to say
    before I start the first sentence.
I look behind me and you’re there,
    then up ahead and you’re there, too—
    your reassuring presence, coming and going.
This is too much, too wonderful—
    I can’t take it all in!

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Omnipresencia y omnisciencia del Señor

Para el director del coro. Salmo de David.

139 Oh Señor, Tú me has escudriñado y conocido(A).
Tú conoces mi sentarme y mi levantarme(B);
Desde lejos comprendes mis pensamientos(C).
Tú escudriñas mi senda y mi descanso,
Y conoces bien todos mis caminos(D).
Aun antes de que haya palabra en mi boca,
Oh Señor, Tú ya la sabes toda(E).
Por detrás y por delante me has cercado(F),
Y Tu mano pusiste sobre mí(G).
Tal conocimiento(H) es demasiado maravilloso para mí(I);
Es muy elevado, no lo puedo alcanzar.

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