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139:1  For the director of music. A psalm of David. Lord, you have ·examined [investigated; searched] me and know all about me.
139:2  You know when I sit down and when I ·get up [rise]. You ·know [understand] my thoughts ·before I think them [L from afar].
139:3  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].
139:4  Lord, even ·before I say a word [L when no word is on my tongue], you already know ·it [L all of it].
139:5  You ·are all around me [L hem me in]—in front and in back— and have put your hand on me.
139:6  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].
139:7  Where can I go to get away from your Spirit? Where can I ·run [flee] from you?
139:8  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.
139:9  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,
139:10  even there ·you [L your hand] would guide me. With your right hand you would ·hold [grab; seize] me.
139:11  I could say, “The darkness will ·hide [cover] me. Let the light around me turn into night.”
139:12  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.
139:13  You ·made [created] my ·whole being [inward parts]; you ·formed [knitted] me in my mother’s ·body [belly; womb].
139:14  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.
139:15  ·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],
139:16  ·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].
139:17  God, your thoughts are precious to me. ·They are so many [L How vast are their sum; Job 42:3]!
139:18  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.
139:19  God, I wish you would kill the wicked! Get away from me, you ·murderers [L people of blood]!
139:20  They ·say evil things about [make evil plans against] you. Your enemies ·use your name thoughtlessly [L lift in vain; Ex. 20:7].
139:21  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.
139:22  I ·feel only hate for them [L hate them with a perfect/complete hatred]; they are my enemies.
139:23  God, ·examine [investigate; search; v. 1] me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
139:24  See if there is any ·bad thing [hurtful way] in me. Lead me on the ·road to everlasting life [L everlasting/or ancient way].