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Psalm 139 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

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Psa 139:1 -

LORD, you have searched me and known me.

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You know when I sit down and when I stand up;

you understand my thoughts from far away.

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You observe my travels and my rest;

you are aware of all my ways.

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Before a word is on my tongue,

you know all about it, LORD.

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You have encircled me;

you have placed your hand on me.

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This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.

It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.

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Where can I go to escape your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

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If I go up to heaven, you are there;

if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

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If I live at the eastern horizon

or settle at the western limits,[fn]

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even there your hand will lead me;

your right hand will hold on to me.

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If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,

and the light around me will be night” —

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even the darkness is not dark to you.

The night shines like the day;

darkness and light are alike to you.

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For it was you who created my inward parts;[fn]

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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I will praise you

because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.[fn][fn]

Your works are wondrous,

and I know this very well.

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My bones were not hidden from you

when I was made in secret,

when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

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Your eyes saw me when I was formless;

all my days were written in your book and planned

before a single one of them began.

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God, how precious[fn] your thoughts are

to me;

how vast their sum is!

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If I counted them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand;

when I wake up,[fn] I am still with you.

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God, if only you would kill the wicked —

you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me —

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who invoke you deceitfully.

Your enemies swear by you falsely.

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LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you,

and detest those who rebel against you?

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I hate them with extreme hatred;

I consider them my enemies.

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Search me, God, and know my heart;

test me and know my concerns.

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See if there is any offensive[fn] way in me;

lead me in the everlasting way.

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CSB Footnotes

(139:9)

Lit I take up the wings of the dawn; I dwell at the end of the sea

(139:13)

Lit my kidneys

(139:14)

DSS, some LXX mss, Syr, Jer read because you are remarkable and wonderful

(139:14)

Hb obscure

(139:17)

Or difficult

(139:18)

Some Hb mss read I come to an end

(139:24)

Or idolatrous

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Psalm 139 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

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