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God Knows Everything

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

139 Lord, you have ·examined [investigated; searched] me
    and know all about me.
You know when I sit down and when I ·get up [rise].
    You ·know [understand] my thoughts ·before I think them [L from afar].
You ·know [L measure] ·where I go [L my path] and ·where I lie down [L my lying down].
    You ·know [are familiar with] ·everything I do [L all my path].
Lord, even ·before I say a word [L when no word is on my tongue],
    you already know ·it [L all of it].
You ·are all around me [L hem me in]—in front and in back—
    and have put your hand on me.
Your knowledge is ·amazing [wonderful; or overwhelming] to me;
    it is ·more than I can understand [too high/unattainable. I am not able to grasp it; Rom. 11:33].

Where can I go to get away from your Spirit?
    Where can I ·run [flee] from you?
If I ·go [climb] up to the heavens, you are there.
    If I ·lie down [spread out; make my bed] in ·the grave [L Sheol; C the grave or the underworld], you are there.
If I rise with the ·sun in the east [L wings of the dawn]
    and settle in the ·west beyond [L back of] the sea,
10 even there ·you [L your hand] would guide me.
    With your right hand you would ·hold [grab; seize] me.

11 I could say, “The darkness will ·hide [cover] me.
    Let the light around me turn into night.”
12 But even the darkness is not dark to you.
    The night ·is as light as [shines like] the day;
darkness and light are the same to you.

13 You ·made [created] my ·whole being [inward parts];
    you ·formed [knitted] me in my mother’s ·body [belly; womb].
14 I ·praise [thank] you because you made me in an ·amazing [awesome] and wonderful way.
    What you have done is wonderful.
    I know this very well.
15 ·You saw my bones being formed [L My bones were not hidden from you]
    as I ·took shape [was made] in ·my mother’s body [L secret].
When I was ·put together [L woven] ·there [L in the depths of the earth],
16     ·you [L your eyes] saw my ·body as it was formed [L embyro].
All the days ·planned [L formed] for me
    were written in your book
·before I was one day old [not one of them existed].

17 God, your thoughts are precious to me.
    ·They are so many [L How vast are their sum; Job 42:3]!
18 If I could count them,
    they would be more than all the grains of sand.
When I ·wake up [or come to the end],
    I am still with you.

19 God, I wish you would kill the wicked!
    Get away from me, you ·murderers [L people of blood]!
20 They ·say evil things about [make evil plans against] you.
    Your enemies ·use your name thoughtlessly [L lift in vain; Ex. 20:7].
21 Lord, ·I hate [L Do I not hate…?] those who hate you;
    ·I hate [L Do I not abhor…?] those who rise up against you.
22 I ·feel only hate for them [L hate them with a perfect/complete hatred];
    they are my enemies.

23 God, ·examine [investigate; search; v. 1] me and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any ·bad thing [hurtful way] in me.
    Lead me on the ·road to everlasting life [L everlasting/or ancient way].

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