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Psalm 139:1-10 (Listen)

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• Psalm 139
• Psalm 140

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, you have psearched me and known me!

2 You qknow when I sit down and when I rise up;

you rdiscern my thoughts from afar.

3 You search out my path and my lying down

and are acquainted with all my ways.

4 Even before a word is on my tongue,

behold, O Lord, syou know it altogether.

5 You them me in, behind and before,

and ulay your hand upon me.

6 vSuch knowledge is wtoo wonderful for me;

it is high; I cannot attain it.

7 xWhere shall I go from your Spirit?

Or where yshall I flee from your presence?

8 zIf I ascend to heaven, you are there!

aIf I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

9 If I take the wings of the morning

and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 even there your hand shall blead me,

and your right hand shall hold me.