Psalm 139:1-5

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Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹You have searched me,^(A) Lord,
    and you know^(B) me.
²You know when I sit and when I rise;^(C)
    you perceive my thoughts^(D) from afar.
³You discern my going out^(E) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.^(F)
⁴Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.^(G)
⁵You hem me in^(H) behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.

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Psalm 139:12-17

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¹²even the darkness will not be dark^(A) to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

¹³For you created my inmost being;^(B)
    you knit me together^(C) in my mother’s womb.^(D)
¹⁴I praise you^(E) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(F)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵My 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)
¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(J) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a]^(K) God!^(L)
    How vast is the sum of them!