Psalms 139:1-12
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1 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.
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