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Psalm 139

The Inescapable God

To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.

O Lord, you have searched me and known me.(A)

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Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?(A)
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.(B)

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11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and night wraps itself around me,”[a](A)
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is as bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 139.11 Q ms: MT and the light around me become night