Psalm 139:1-12

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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, you have ^(A)searched me and known me!
²You ^(B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you ^(C)discern my thoughts from afar.
³You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
⁴Even before a word is on my tongue,
    behold, O Lord, ^(D)you know it altogether.
⁵You ^(E)hem me in, behind and before,
    and ^(F)lay your hand upon me.
⁶^(G)Such knowledge is ^(H)too wonderful for me;
    it is high; I cannot attain it.

⁷^(I)Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where ^(J)shall I flee from your presence?
⁸^(K)If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    ^(L)If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
⁹If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
¹⁰even there your hand shall ^(M)lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.
¹¹If I say, ^(N)“Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and the light about me be night,”
¹²^(O)even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light with you.

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Psalm 139:23-24

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²³Search me, O God, and know my heart!
^(A)Try me and know my thoughts!^[a]
²⁴And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and ^(B)lead me in ^(C)the way everlasting!^[b]

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Footnotes

Psalm 139:23 Or cares
Psalm 139:24 Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16)

Isaiah 44:6-8

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Besides Me There Is No God

⁶Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
    and ^(A)his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
^(B)“I am the first and I am the last;
    besides me there is no god.
⁷^(C)Who is like me? Let him proclaim it.^[a]
    Let him declare and set it before me,
since I appointed an ancient people.
    Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen.
⁸Fear not, nor be afraid;
    have I not told you from of old and declared it?
    ^(D)And you are my witnesses!
^(E)Is there a God besides me?
    There is no ^(F)Rock; I know not any.”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 44:7 Or Who like me can proclaim it?

Romans 8:12-25

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Heirs with Christ

¹²So then, brothers,^[a] we are debtors, ^(A)not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you ^(B)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all who are ^(C)led by the Spirit of God are ^(D)sons^[b] of God. ¹⁵For ^(E)you did not receive ^(F)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^(G)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^(H)“Abba! Father!” ¹⁶^(I)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then ^(J)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^(K)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^(L)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the creation waits with eager longing for ^(M)the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation ^(N)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^(O)because of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹that ^(P)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that ^(Q)the whole creation ^(R)has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^(S)the firstfruits of the Spirit, ^(T)groan inwardly as ^(U)we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^(V)the redemption of our bodies. ²⁴For ^(W)in this hope we were saved. Now ^(X)hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we ^(Y)wait for it with patience.