Psalm 139

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God 

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                                    1 LORD, you have examined me; you have known me.                                

                                    1 {To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.                                

                                    1 For the choir director. A Psalm of David.O Lord, You have (A)searched me and known me.                                

                                    1 For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, You have searched me and known me.(A)                                

                                    1 O Lord, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me.                                
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                                    2 You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you.                                

                                    2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.                                

                                    2 You (B)know (a)when I sit down and (b)when I rise up;You (C)understand my thought from afar.                                

                                    2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up;You understand my thoughts from far away.(B)                                

                                    2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do];You understand my thought from afar.(A)                                
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                                    3 You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways.                                

                                    3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.                                

                                    3 You (c)(D)scrutinize my (d)path and my lying down,And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.                                

                                    3 You observe my travels and my rest;You are aware of all my ways.(C)                                

                                    3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down,And You are intimately acquainted with all my ways.                                
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                                    4 Even before I have formed a word with my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely!                                

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

                                    4 (e)Even before there is a word on my tongue,Behold, O Lord, You (E)know it all.                                

                                    4 Before a word is on my tongue,You know all about it, Lord.(D)                                

                                    4 Even before there is a word on my tongue [still unspoken],Behold, O Lord, You know it all.(B)                                
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                                    5 You encircle me from back to front, placing your hand upon me.                                

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

                                    5 You have (F)enclosed me behind and before,And (G)laid Your hand upon me.                                

                                    5 You have encircled me;You have placed Your hand on me.(E)                                

                                    5 You have enclosed me behind and before,And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.                                
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                                    6 Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it.                                

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

                                    6 Such (H)knowledge is (I)too wonderful for me;It is too high, I cannot attain to it.                                

                                    6 This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.(F)                                

                                    6 Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.                                
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                                    7 Where can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence?                                

                                    7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?                                

                                    7 (J)Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence?                                

                                    7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?Where can I flee from Your presence?(G)                                

                                    7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence?                                
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                                    8 If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are!                                

                                    8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.                                

                                    8 (K)If I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in (f)Sheol, behold, (L)You are there.                                

                                    8 If I go up to heaven, You are there;(H)if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.(I)                                

                                    8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.(C)                                
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                                    9 If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon                                

                                    9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;                                

                                    9 If I take the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,                                

                                    9 If I live at the eastern horizonor settle at the western limits,(a)                                

                                    9 If I take the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,                                
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                                    10 your hand will guide me there, too, while your right hand keeps a firm grip on me.                                

                                    10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.                                

                                    10 Even there Your hand will (M)lead me,And Your right hand will lay hold of me.                                

                                    10 even there Your hand will lead me;Your right hand will hold on to me.(J)                                

                                    10 Even there Your hand will lead me,And Your right hand will take hold of me.                                
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                                    11 If I say, "Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night,"                                

                                    11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.                                

                                    11 If I say, “Surely the (N)darkness will (g)overwhelm me,And the light around me will be night,”                                

                                    11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,and the light around me will be night”(K)—                                

                                    11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will cover me,And the night will be the only light around me,”                                
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                                    12 even darkness isn't dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you.                                

                                    12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.                                

                                    12 Even the (O)darkness is not dark (h)to You,And the night is as bright as the day.(P)Darkness and light are alike to You.                                

                                    12 even the darkness is not dark to You.The night shines like the day;darkness and light are alike to You.(L)                                

                                    12 Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,But the night shines as bright as the day;Darkness and light are alike to You.(D)                                
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                                    13 It was you who formed my internal organs, fashioning me within my mother's womb.                                

                                    13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.                                

                                    13 For You (Q)formed my (i)inward parts;You (R)wove me in my mother’s womb.                                

                                    13 For it was You who created my inward parts;(b)You knit me together in my mother’s womb.(M)                                

                                    13 For You formed my innermost parts;You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.                                
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                                    14 I praise you, because you are fearful and wondrous! Your work is wonderful, and I am fully aware of it.                                

                                    14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.                                

                                    14 I will give thanks to You, for (j)I am fearfully and wonderfully made;(S)Wonderful are Your works,And my soul knows it very well.                                

                                    14 I will praise Youbecause I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.(c)(d)Your works are wonderful,and I know this very well.(N)                                

                                    14 I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;Wonderful are Your works,And my soul knows it very well.                                
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                                    15 My frame was not hidden from you while I was being crafted in a hidden place, knit together in the depths of the earth.                                

                                    15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.                                

                                    15 My (k)(T)frame was not hidden from You,When I was made in secret,And skillfully wrought in the (U)depths of the earth;                                

                                    15 My bones were not hidden from Youwhen I was made in secret,when I was formed in the depths of the earth.(O)                                

                                    15 My frame was not hidden from You,When I was being formed in secret,And intricately and skillfully formed [as if embroidered with many colors] in the depths of the earth.                                
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                                    16 Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet.                                

                                    16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.                                

                                    16 Your (V)eyes have seen my unformed substance;And in (W)Your book were all writtenThe (X)days that were ordained for me,When as yet there was not one of them.                                

                                    16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;all my days were written in Your book and plannedbefore a single one of them began.(P)                                

                                    16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;And in Your book were all writtenThe days that were appointed for me,When as yet there was not one of them [even taking shape].                                
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                                    17 How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number!                                

                                    17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!                                

                                    17 How precious also are Your (Y)thoughts to me, O God!How vast is the sum of them!                                

                                    17 God, how difficult(e) Your thoughts arefor me to comprehend;how vast their sum is!                                

                                    17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!How vast is the sum of them!(E)                                
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                                    18 Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you.                                

                                    18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.                                

                                    18 If I should count them, they would (Z)outnumber the sand.When (AA)I awake, I am still with You.                                

                                    18 If I counted them,they would outnumber the grains of sand;(Q)when I wake up,(f) I am still with You.(R)                                

                                    18 If I could count them, they would outnumber the sand.When I awake, I am still with You.                                
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                                    19 God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me,                                

                                    19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.                                

                                    19 O that You would (AB)slay the wicked, O God;(AC)Depart from me, therefore, (AD)men of bloodshed.                                

                                    19 God, if only You would kill the wicked—you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me(S)—                                

                                    19 (a)O that You would kill the wicked, O God;Go away from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.(F)                                
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                                    20 who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain.                                

                                    20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.                                

                                    20 For they (AE)speak (l)against You wickedly,And Your enemies (m)(AF)take Your name in vain.                                

                                    20 who invoke You deceitfully.Your enemies swear by You falsely.(T)                                

                                    20 For they speak against You wickedly,Your enemies take Your name in vain.(G)                                
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                                    21 I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ?                                

                                    21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?                                

                                    21 Do I not (AG)hate those who hate You, O Lord?And do I not (AH)loathe those who rise up against You?                                

                                    21 Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You,and detest those who rebel against You?                                

                                    21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?                                
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                                    22 With consummate hatred I hate them; I consider them my enemies.                                

                                    22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.                                

                                    22 I hate them with the utmost hatred;They have become my enemies.                                

                                    22 I hate them with extreme hatred;I consider them my enemies.(U)                                

                                    22 I hate them with perfect and utmost hatred;They have become my enemies.                                
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                                    23 Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts.                                

                                    23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:                                

                                    23 (AI)Search me, O God, and know my heart;(AJ)Try me and know my anxious thoughts;                                

                                    23 Search me, God, and know my heart;test me and know my concerns.(V)                                

                                    23 Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;Test me and know my anxious thoughts;                                
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                                    24 See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way. To the Music Director: A Davidic Song                                

                                    24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.                                

                                    24 And see if there be any (n)(AK)hurtful way in me,And (AL)lead me in the (AM)everlasting way.                                

                                    24 See if there is any offensive(g) way in me;lead me in the everlasting way.(W)                                

                                    24 And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me,And lead me in the everlasting way.