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Psalm 139:1-5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Psalm 139:1-5
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Psalm 139
The Inescapable God
To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.
1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from far away.
3 You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
O Lord, you know it completely.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
Psalm 139:1-5
New International Version
Psalm 139:1-5
New International Version
Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 You have searched me,(A) Lord,
and you know(B) me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;(C)
you perceive my thoughts(D) from afar.
3 You discern my going out(E) and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.(F)
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.(G)
5 You hem me in(H) behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
Psalm 139:12-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Psalm 139:12-18
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is as bright as the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For it was you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me,
when none of them as yet existed.
17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 I try to count them—they are more than the sand;
I come to the end[a]—I am still with you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 139:18 Or I awake
Psalm 139:12-18
New International Version
Psalm 139:12-18
New International Version
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.
13 For you created my inmost being;(B)
you knit me together(C) in my mother’s womb.(D)
14 I praise you(E) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,(F)
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made(G) in the secret place,
when I was woven together(H) in the depths of the earth.(I)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained(J) for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](K) God!(L)
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(M)
they would outnumber the grains of sand(N)—
when I awake,(O) I am still with you.
Footnotes
- Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me
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