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For there is not a word on my tongue,
    but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
You hem me in behind and before.
    You laid your hand on me.
This knowledge is beyond me.
    It’s lofty.
    I can’t attain it.

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For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

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For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, (A)You know it altogether.
You have [a]hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
(B)Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:5 enclosed

Even before a word is on my tongue,
    behold, O Lord, (A)you know it altogether.
You (B)hem me in, behind and before,
    and (C)lay your hand upon me.
(D)Such knowledge is (E)too wonderful for me;
    it is high; I cannot attain it.

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