Psalm 139:1-18

New American Standard Bible

God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

139 Lord, You have ^(A)searched me and known me.
²You ^(B)know ^[a]when I sit down and ^[b]when I get up;
You ^(C)understand my thought from far away.
³You ^[c]^(D)scrutinize my ^[d]path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
⁴^[e]Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, Lord, You ^(E)know it all.
⁵You have ^(F)encircled me behind and in front,
And ^(G)placed Your hand upon me.
⁶Such ^(H)knowledge is ^(I)too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.

⁷^(J)Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
⁸^(K)If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in ^[f]Sheol, behold, ^(L)You are there.
⁹If I take up the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
¹⁰Even there Your hand will ^(M)lead me,
And Your right hand will take hold of me.
¹¹If I say, “Surely the ^(N)darkness will ^[g]overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
¹²Even ^(O)darkness is not dark ^[h]to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
^(P)Darkness and light are alike to You.

¹³For You ^(Q)created my innermost parts;
You ^(R)wove me in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴I will give thanks to You, because ^[i]I am awesomely and wonderfully made;
^(S)Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
¹⁵My ^[j]^(T)frame was not hidden from You
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully formed in the ^(U)depths of the earth;
¹⁶Your ^(V)eyes have seen my formless substance;
And in ^(W)Your book were written
All the ^(X)days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

¹⁷How precious also are Your ^(Y)thoughts for me, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸Were I to count them, they would ^(Z)outnumber the sand.
When ^(AA)I awake, I am still with You.

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Footnotes

Psalm 139:2 Lit my sitting
Psalm 139:2 Lit my rising
Psalm 139:3 Lit winnow
Psalm 139:3 Or journeying
Psalm 139:4 Lit For there is not
Psalm 139:8 I.e., the netherworld
Psalm 139:11 Lit bruise; some commentators cover
Psalm 139:12 Lit from
Psalm 139:14 Some ancient versions You are fearfully wonderful
Psalm 139:15 Lit bones were

Psalm 139:23-24

New American Standard Bible

²³^(A)Search me, God, and know my heart;
^(B)Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts;
²⁴And see if there is any ^[a]^(C)hurtful way in me,
And ^(D)lead me in the ^(E)everlasting way.

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Psalm 139:24 Lit way of pain

Colossians 1:15-23

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵^[a]He is the ^(A)image of the ^(B)invisible God, the ^(C)firstborn of all creation: ¹⁶for ^[b]^(D)by Him all things were created, ^(E)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(F)thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—^(G)all things have been created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷He ^[c]^(H)is before all things, and in Him all things ^[d]hold together. ¹⁸He is also the ^(I)head of ^(J)the body, the church; and He is ^(K)the beginning, ^(L)the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. ¹⁹For ^[e]it was ^(M)the Father’s good pleasure for all ^(N)the ^[f]fullness to dwell in Him, ²⁰and through Him to ^(O)reconcile all things to Himself, ^(P)whether things on earth or things in ^[g]heaven, having made ^(Q)peace through ^(R)the blood of His cross.

²¹And although you were ^(S)previously alienated and hostile in attitude, engaged in evil deeds, ²²yet He has now ^(T)reconciled you in His ^(U)body of flesh through death, in order to ^(V)present you before Him ^(W)holy and blameless and beyond reproach— ²³if indeed you continue in ^[h]the faith firmly ^(X)established and steadfast, and not shifting from the ^(Y)hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed ^(Z)in all creation under heaven, ^(AA)and of which I, Paul, ^[i]was made a ^[j]^(AB)minister.