Psalm 139:1-12
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 139
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1 Lord, you have searched me and known me.(A)
2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
you understand my thoughts from far away.(B)
3 You observe my travels and my rest;
you are aware of all my ways.(C)
4 Before a word is on my tongue,
you know all about it, Lord.(D)
5 You have encircled me;
you have placed your hand on me.(E)
6 This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.(F)
7 Where can I go to escape your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?(G)
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there;(H)
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.(I)
9 If I fly on the wings of the dawn
and settle down on the western horizon,[a]
10 even there your hand will lead me;
your right hand will hold on to me.(J)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night”(K)—
12 even the darkness is not dark to you.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to you.(L)
Footnotes
- 139:9 Lit the end of the sea
Romans 8:26-39
Christian Standard Bible
26 In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should,(A) but the Spirit himself intercedes for us[a](B) with inexpressible groanings. 27 And he who searches our hearts(C) knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
28 We know that all things work together[b] for the good[c] of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.(D) 29 For those he foreknew he also predestined(E) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(F) so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.(G) 30 And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified;(H) and those he justified, he also glorified.(I)
The Believer’s Triumph
31 What, then, are we to say about these things?(J) If God is for us, who is against us?(K) 32 He did not even spare his own Son(L) but gave him up for us all.(M) How will he not also with him grant us everything? 33 Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect?(N) God is the one who justifies.(O) 34 Who is the one who condemns?(P) Christ Jesus is the one who died,(Q) but even more, has been raised;(R) he also is at the right hand of God(S) and intercedes for us.(T) 35 Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction(U) or distress or persecution(V) or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:
Because of you
we are being put to death all day long;(W)
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.[d](X)
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(Y) through him who loved us.(Z) 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life,(AA) nor angels nor rulers,(AB) nor things present nor things to come,(AC) nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God(AD) that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.(AE)
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Hebrews 13:5
Christian Standard Bible
5 Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you.[a](A)
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- 13:5 Dt 31:6
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