{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":139,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/138","next":"psalms/140","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 O LORD, You have searched me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and known me."}],"h":"You Have Searched Me and Known Me","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You know when I sit and when I rise;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You understand my thoughts from afar."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You search out my path and my lying down;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You are aware of all my ways."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even before a word is on my tongue,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You know all about it, O LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You hem me in behind and before;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have laid Your hand upon me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"too lofty for me to attain."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Where can I flee from Your presence?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I ascend to the heavens, You are there;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I rise on the wings of the dawn,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if I settle by the farthest sea,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"even there Your hand will guide me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your right hand will hold me fast."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"If I say,“ Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me ”—","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I say,“ Surely the darkness will hide me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the light become night around me ”—"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"even the darkness is not dark to You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but the night shines like the day,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for darkness is as light to You."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.","f":["Hebrew my kidneys"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For You formed my inmost being;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You knit me together in my mother’s womb."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous [are] Your works, and I know this very well.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I praise You,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for I am fearfully and wonderfully made."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Marvelous [are] Your works,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I know this very well."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My frame was not hidden from You"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when I was made in secret,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"when I was woven together"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the depths of the earth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your eyes saw my unformed body;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all my days were written in Your book"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and ordained for me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"before one of them came to be."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!","f":["Or How amazing are Your thoughts concerning me"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"how vast is their sum!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"[If] I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"[If] I were to count them,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they would outnumber the grains of sand;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and when I awake,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am still with You."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"O God, that You would slay the wicked — away from me, you bloodthirsty men —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O God, that You would slay the wicked —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"away from me, you bloodthirsty men —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take [Your name] in vain.","f":["Hebrew Your enemies take in vain or Your enemies bear up in vain; LXX Your enemies take Your cities in vain"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"who speak of You deceitfully;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Your enemies take [Your name] in vain."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and detest those who rise against You?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I hate them with perfect hatred;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I count them as my enemies."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Search me, O God, and know my heart;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"test me and know my concerns."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":24,"t":"See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"See if there is any offensive way in me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"lead me in the way everlasting."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David."}