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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)
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you discern my thoughts from far away.(B)
You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.(C)
Even before a word is on my tongue,
    O Lord, you know it completely.(D)
You hem me in, behind and before,
    and lay your hand upon me.(E)
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
    it is so high that I cannot attain it.(F)

Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?(G)

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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my thoughts.(A)
24 See if there is any wicked[a] way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 139.24 Heb hurtful
  2. 139.24 Or the ancient way