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The Inescapable God

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me!
Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up;
    thou discernest my thoughts from afar.
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,
    and art acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
    lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou dost beset me behind and before,
    and layest thy hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
    it is high, I cannot attain it.

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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
    Try me and know my thoughts!
24 And see if there be any wicked[a] way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting![b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:24 Heb hurtful
  2. Psalm 139:24 Or the ancient way. Compare Jer 6.16

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