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Psalm 139-141
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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, you have (A)searched me and known me!
2 You (B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you (C)discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
    behold, O Lord, (D)you know it altogether.
5 You (E)hem me in, behind and before,
    and (F)lay your hand upon me.
6 (G)Such knowledge is (H)too wonderful for me;
    it is high; I cannot attain it.

7 (I)Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where (J)shall I flee from your presence?
8 (K)If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    (L)If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall (M)lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, (N)“Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and the light about me be night,”
12 (O)even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light with you.

13 For you (P)formed my inward parts;
    you (Q)knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a]
(R)Wonderful are your works;
    my soul knows it very well.
15 (S)My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
    intricately woven in (T)the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your (U)book were written, every one of them,
    the days that were formed for me,
    when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious to me are your (V)thoughts, O God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 (W)If I would count them, they are more than (X)the sand.
    I awake, and I am still with you.

19 Oh that you would (Y)slay the wicked, O God!
    O (Z)men of blood, (AA)depart from me!
20 They (AB)speak against you with malicious intent;
    your enemies (AC)take your name in vain.[b]
21 (AD)Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
    And do I not (AE)loathe those who (AF)rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
    I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
    (AG)Try me and know my thoughts![c]
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
    and (AH)lead me in (AI)the way everlasting![d]

Deliver Me, O Lord, from Evil Men

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

140 (AJ)Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;
    preserve me from (AK)violent men,
2 who plan evil things in their heart
    and (AL)stir up wars continually.
3 They make (AM)their tongue sharp as (AN)a serpent's,
    and (AO)under their lips is the (AP)venom of asps. Selah

4 Guard me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
    preserve me from (AQ)violent men,
    who have planned to trip up my feet.
5 The arrogant have (AR)hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread (AS)a net;[e]
    beside the way they have set (AT)snares for me. Selah

6 (AU)I say to the Lord, You are my God;
    give ear to (AV)the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!
7 O Lord, my Lord, (AW)the strength of my salvation,
    you have covered my head in the day of battle.
8 (AX)Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
    do not further their[f] evil plot, or (AY)they will be exalted! Selah

9 As for the head of those who surround me,
    let (AZ)the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
10 Let (BA)burning coals fall upon them!
    Let them be cast into fire,
    into miry pits, no more to rise!
11 Let not the slanderer be established in the land;
    let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

12 I know that the Lord will (BB)maintain the cause of the afflicted,
    and (BC)will execute justice for the needy.
13 Surely (BD)the righteous shall give thanks to your name;
    (BE)the upright shall dwell in your presence.

Give Ear to My Voice

A Psalm of David.

141 O Lord, I call upon you; (BF)hasten to me!
    Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
2 Let (BG)my prayer be counted as incense before you,
    and (BH)the lifting up of my hands as (BI)the evening sacrifice!

3 (BJ)Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth;
    (BK)keep watch over the door of my lips!
4 (BL)Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
    to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who (BM)work iniquity,
    and (BN)let me not eat of their delicacies!

5 (BO)Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head;
    let my head not refuse it.
Yet (BP)my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
6 When their judges are (BQ)thrown over the cliff,[g]
    then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth,
    so shall our bones (BR)be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.[h]

8 But (BS)my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord;
    (BT)in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless![i]
9 Keep me from (BU)the trap that they have laid for me
    and from the snares of evildoers!
10 Let the wicked (BV)fall into their own nets,
    while I pass by safely.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:14 Or for I am fearfully set apart
  2. Psalm 139:20 Hebrew lacks your name
  3. Psalm 139:23 Or cares
  4. Psalm 139:24 Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16)
  5. Psalm 140:5 Or they have spread cords as a net
  6. Psalm 140:8 Hebrew his
  7. Psalm 141:6 Or When their judges fall into the hands of the Rock
  8. Psalm 141:7 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 6, 7 is uncertain
  9. Psalm 141:8 Hebrew refuge; do not pour out my life!
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Psalm 139

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

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

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee(K) from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens,(L) you are there;
    if I make my bed(M) in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,(N)
    your right hand(O) will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark(P) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;(Q)
    you knit me together(R) in my mother’s womb.(S)
14 I praise you(T) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,(U)
    I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made(V) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together(W) in the depths of the earth.(X)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained(Y) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](Z) God!(AA)
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(AB)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(AC)—
    when I awake,(AD) I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(AE)
    Away from me,(AF) you who are bloodthirsty!(AG)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries(AH) misuse your name.(AI)
21 Do I not hate those(AJ) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor(AK) those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.(AL)
23 Search me,(AM) God, and know my heart;(AN)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way(AO) in me,
    and lead me(AP) in the way everlasting.

Psalm 140[b]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 Rescue me,(AQ) Lord, from evildoers;
    protect me from the violent,(AR)
2 who devise evil plans(AS) in their hearts
    and stir up war(AT) every day.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as(AU) a serpent’s;
    the poison of vipers(AV) is on their lips.[c]

4 Keep me safe,(AW) Lord, from the hands of the wicked;(AX)
    protect me from the violent,
    who devise ways to trip my feet.
5 The arrogant have hidden a snare(AY) for me;
    they have spread out the cords of their net(AZ)
    and have set traps(BA) for me along my path.

6 I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”(BB)
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.(BC)
7 Sovereign Lord,(BD) my strong deliverer,
    you shield my head in the day of battle.
8 Do not grant the wicked(BE) their desires, Lord;
    do not let their plans succeed.

9 Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.(BF)
10 May burning coals fall on them;
    may they be thrown into the fire,(BG)
    into miry pits, never to rise.
11 May slanderers not be established in the land;
    may disaster hunt down the violent.(BH)

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor(BI)
    and upholds the cause(BJ) of the needy.(BK)
13 Surely the righteous will praise your name,(BL)
    and the upright will live(BM) in your presence.(BN)

Psalm 141

A psalm of David.

1 I call to you, Lord, come quickly(BO) to me;
    hear me(BP) when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;(BQ)
    may the lifting up of my hands(BR) be like the evening sacrifice.(BS)

3 Set a guard over my mouth,(BT) Lord;
    keep watch over the door of my lips.(BU)
4 Do not let my heart(BV) be drawn to what is evil
    so that I take part in wicked deeds(BW)
along with those who are evildoers;
    do not let me eat their delicacies.(BX)

5 Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;
    let him rebuke me(BY)—that is oil on my head.(BZ)
My head will not refuse it,
    for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers.

6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,(CA)
    and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, “As one plows(CB) and breaks up the earth,(CC)
    so our bones have been scattered at the mouth(CD) of the grave.”

8 But my eyes are fixed(CE) on you, Sovereign Lord;
    in you I take refuge(CF)—do not give me over to death.
9 Keep me safe(CG) from the traps set by evildoers,(CH)
    from the snares(CI) they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall(CJ) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.(CK)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me
  2. Psalm 140:1 In Hebrew texts 140:1-13 is numbered 140:2-14.
  3. Psalm 140:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 8.
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1 Corinthians 10:1-13
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Warning Against Idolatry

10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers,[a] that our fathers were all under (A)the cloud, and all (B)passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and (C)all ate the same (D)spiritual food, 4 and (E)all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for (F)they were overthrown[b] in the wilderness.

6 Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as (G)they did. 7 (H)Do not be idolaters (I)as some of them were; as it is written, (J)“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8 (K)We must not indulge in sexual immorality (L)as some of them did, and (M)twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not put Christ[c] to the test, (N)as some of them did and (O)were destroyed by serpents, 10 nor grumble, (P)as some of them did and (Q)were destroyed by (R)the Destroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but (S)they were written down for our instruction, (T)on whom the end of the ages has come. 12 Therefore (U)let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. (V)God is faithful, and (W)he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:1 Or brothers and sisters
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:5 Or were laid low
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts the Lord
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Warnings From Israel’s History

10 For I do not want you to be ignorant(A) of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud(B) and that they all passed through the sea.(C) 2 They were all baptized into(D) Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food(E) 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock(F) that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.(G)

6 Now these things occurred as examples(H) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters,(I) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a](J) 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(K) 9 We should not test Christ,[b](L) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(M) 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did(N)—and were killed(O) by the destroying angel.(P)

11 These things happened to them as examples(Q) and were written down as warnings for us,(R) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(S) 12 So, if you think you are standing firm,(T) be careful that you don’t fall! 13 No temptation[c] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful;(U) he will not let you be tempted[d] beyond what you can bear.(V) But when you are tempted,[e] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
  5. 1 Corinthians 10:13 The Greek for temptation and tempted can also mean testing and tested.
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