Psalm 139:7-16

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

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^(B)If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in ^(a)Sheol, behold, ^(C)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 ^(D)lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

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

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Even the ^(F)darkness is not dark ^(c)to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
^(G)Darkness and light are alike to You.

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For You ^(H)formed my ^(d)inward parts;
You ^(I)wove me in my mother’s womb.

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

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My ^(f)^(K)frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the ^(L)depths of the earth;

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Your ^(M)eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in ^(N)Your book were all written
The ^(O)days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

Footnotes:

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

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

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

d. Psalm 139:13: ['Lit ', kidneys]

e. Psalm 139:14: ['Some ancient versions read ', You are fearfully wonderful]

f. Psalm 139:15: ['Lit ', bones were]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 139:7: Jeremiah 23:24

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

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

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

E. Psalm 139:11: Job 22:13

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

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

H. Psalm 139:13: Psalm 119:73; Isaiah 44:24

I. Psalm 139:13: Job 10:11

J. Psalm 139:14: Psalm 40:5

K. Psalm 139:15: Job 10:8-10

L. Psalm 139:15: Psalm 63:9

M. Psalm 139:16: Job 10:8-10

N. Psalm 139:16: Psalm 56:8

O. Psalm 139:16: Job 14:5