Psalm 139:1-12

God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.

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O Lord, You have ^(A)searched me and known me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 139:2: ['Lit ', my sitting]

b. Psalm 139:2: ['Lit ', my rising]

c. Psalm 139:3: ['Lit ', winnow]

d. Psalm 139:3: ['Or ', journeying]

e. Psalm 139:4: ['Lit ', For there is not]

f. Psalm 139:8: ['I.e. the nether world']

g. Psalm 139:11: ['Lit ', bruise, '; some commentators read ', cover]

h. Psalm 139:12: ['Lit ', from]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 139:1: Psalm 17:3; Psalm 44:21; Jeremiah 12:3

B. Psalm 139:2: Psalm 94:11; Isaiah 66:18; Matthew 9:4

C. Psalm 139:2: Psalm 94:11; Isaiah 66:18; Matthew 9:4

D. Psalm 139:3: Job 14:16; Job 31:4

E. Psalm 139:4: Hebrews 4:13

F. Psalm 139:5: Psalm 34:7; Psalm 125:2

G. Psalm 139:5: Job 9:33

H. Psalm 139:6: Romans 11:33

I. Psalm 139:6: Job 42:3

J. Psalm 139:7: Jeremiah 23:24

K. Psalm 139:8: Amos 9:2-4

L. Psalm 139:8: Job 26:6; Proverbs 15:11

M. Psalm 139:10: Psalm 23:2; Psalm 23:3

N. Psalm 139:11: Job 22:13

O. Psalm 139:12: Job 34:22; Daniel 2:22

P. Psalm 139:12: 1 John 1:5