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Psalm 139
New International Version

### Psalm 139

#### For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 You have searched me,(A) Lord,
and you know(B) me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;(C)
you perceive my thoughts(D) from afar.
3 You discern my going out(E) and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.(F)
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.(G)
5 You hem me in(H) behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,(I)
too lofty(J) for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee(K) from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens,(L) you are there;
if I make my bed(M) in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,(N)
your right hand(O) will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark(P) to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;(Q)
you knit me together(R) in my mother’s womb.(S)
14 I praise you(T) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,(U)
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made(V) in the secret place,
when I was woven together(W) in the depths of the earth.(X)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained(Y) for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](Z) God!(AA)
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(AB)
they would outnumber the grains of sand(AC)—
when I awake,(AD) I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(AE)
Away from me,(AF) you who are bloodthirsty!(AG)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries(AH) misuse your name.(AI)
21 Do I not hate those(AJ) who hate you, Lord,
and abhor(AK) those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.(AL)
23 Search me,(AM) God, and know my heart;(AN)
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way(AO) in me,
and lead me(AP) in the way everlasting.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 139:1 : S Ps 17:3; Ro 8:27
2. Psalm 139:1 : Ps 44:21
3. Psalm 139:2 : 2Ki 19:27
4. Psalm 139:2 : Ps 94:11; Pr 24:12; Jer 12:3
5. Psalm 139:3 : 2Ki 19:27
6. Psalm 139:3 : S Job 31:4
7. Psalm 139:4 : S Heb 4:13
8. Psalm 139:5 : S 1Sa 25:16; Ps 32:10; 34:7; 125:2
9. Psalm 139:6 : S Ps 131:1
10. Psalm 139:6 : Ro 11:33
11. Psalm 139:7 : Jer 23:24; Jnh 1:3
12. Psalm 139:8 : Dt 30:12-15; Am 9:2-3
13. Psalm 139:8 : Job 17:13
14. Psalm 139:10 : Ps 23:3
15. Psalm 139:10 : Ps 108:6; Isa 41:10
16. Psalm 139:12 : Job 34:22; Da 2:22
17. Psalm 139:13 : Ps 119:73
18. Psalm 139:13 : S Job 10:11
19. Psalm 139:13 : Isa 44:2, 24; 46:3; 49:5; Jer 1:5
20. Psalm 139:14 : Ps 119:164; 145:10
21. Psalm 139:14 : S Job 40:19
22. Psalm 139:15 : Ecc 11:5
23. Psalm 139:15 : S Job 10:11
24. Psalm 139:15 : S Ps 63:9
25. Psalm 139:16 : S Job 33:29; S Ps 90:12
26. Psalm 139:17 : S Ps 92:5
27. Psalm 139:17 : S Job 5:9
28. Psalm 139:18 : Ps 40:5
29. Psalm 139:18 : S Job 29:18
30. Psalm 139:18 : S Ps 3:5
31. Psalm 139:19 : Ps 5:6; Isa 11:4
32. Psalm 139:19 : S Ps 6:8
33. Psalm 139:19 : S Ps 59:2
34. Psalm 139:20 : S Ps 65:7
35. Psalm 139:20 : S Dt 5:11
36. Psalm 139:21 : 2Ch 19:2; Ps 31:6; 119:113
37. Psalm 139:21 : S Ps 26:5
38. Psalm 139:22 : Mt 5:43
39. Psalm 139:23 : Job 31:6
40. Psalm 139:23 : S 1Sa 16:7; S 1Ch 29:17; S Ps 7:9; Pr 17:3; Jer 11:20; S Rev 2:23
41. Psalm 139:24 : Jer 25:5; 36:3
42. Psalm 139:24 : Ps 5:8; 23:2; 143:10

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