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139:1  Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
139:2  You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts.
139:3  You see me, whether I am working or resting; you know all my actions.
139:4  Even before I speak, you already know what I will say.
139:5  You are all around me on every side; you protect me with your power.
139:6  Your knowledge of me is too deep; it is beyond my understanding.
139:7  Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence?
139:8  If I went up to heaven, you would be there; if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
139:9  If I flew away beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west,
139:10  you would be there to lead me, you would be there to help me.
139:11  I could ask the darkness to hide me or the light around me to turn into night,
139:12  but even darkness is not dark for you, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
139:13  You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother's womb.
139:14  I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart.
139:15  When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there—
139:16  you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began.
139:17  O God, how difficult I find your thoughts; how many of them there are!
139:18  If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
139:19  O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked! How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
139:20  They say wicked things about you; they speak evil things against your name.
139:21  O Lord, how I hate those who hate you! How I despise those who rebel against you!
139:22  I hate them with a total hatred; I regard them as my enemies.
139:23  Examine me, O God, and know my mind; test me, and discover my thoughts.
139:24  Find out if there is any evil in me and guide me in the everlasting way.