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  139:1 ¶
[[For the end, a Psalm of David.]] O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me. |
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139:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician,ºº
A Psalmº
of David.]]º
O Yahweh,º
thou hast searchedºº
me, and knownºº
[me]. |
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139:2
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before. |
139:2
Thouº
knowestºº
my downsittingºº
and mine uprising,ºº
thou understandestºº
my thoughtº
afar off.ºº |
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139:3
Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways. |
139:3
Thou compassestºº
my pathº
and my lying down,º
and art acquaintedºº
[with] allº
my ways.º |
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139:4
For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, |
139:4
Forº
[there is] notº
a wordº
in my tongue,º
[but], lo,º
O Yahweh,º
thou knowestºº
it altogether.º |
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139:5
the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me. |
139:5
Thou hast besetºº
me behindº
and before,º
and laidºº
thine handº
uponº
me. |
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139:6
The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it. |
139:6
[Such] knowledgeº
[is] too wonderfulºº
forº
me; it is high,ºº
I cannotººº
[attain] unto it. |
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139:7
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence? |
139:7
Whitherº
shall I goººº
from thy spirit?ºº
or whitherº
shall I fleeºº
from thy presence?ºº |
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139:8
If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present. |
139:8
Ifº
I ascend upºº
into heaven,º
thouº
[art] there:º
if I make my bedºº
in hell,º
behold,º
thou [art there]. |
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139:9
If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain], |
139:9
[If] I takeºº
the wingsº
of the morning,º
[and] dwellºº
in the uttermost partsº
of the sea;º |
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139:10
for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me. |
139:10
Evenº
thereº
shall thy handº
leadºº
me, and thy right handº
shall holdºº
me. |
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139:11
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury. |
139:11
If I say,ºº
Surelyº
the darknessº
shall coverºº
me; even the nightº
shall be lightº
aboutº
me.º |
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139:12
For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to thee]. |
139:12
Yea,º
the darknessº
hidethºº
notº
fromº
thee; but the nightº
shinethºº
as the day:º
the darknessº
and the lightº
[are] both alike [to thee]. |
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139:13
For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb. |
139:13
Forº
thouº
hast possessedºº
my reins:º
thou hast coveredºº
me in my mother'sº
womb.º |
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139:14
I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well. |
139:14
I will praiseºº
thee; forºº
I am fearfullyºº
[and] wonderfullyº
made:ºº
marvellousºº
[are] thy works;º
and [that] my soulº
knowethºº
right well.º |
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139:15
My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth. |
139:15
My substanceº
was notº
hidºº
fromº
thee, whenº
I was madeºº
in secret,º
[and] curiously wroughtºº
in the lowest partsº
of the earth.º |
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139:16
Thine eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them. |
139:16
Thine eyesº
did seeºº
my substance, yet being unperfect;º
and inº
thy bookº
allº
[my members] were written,ºº
[which] in continuanceº
were fashioned,ºº
when [as yet there was] noneºº
of them. |
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139:17
But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened. |
139:17
Howº
preciousºº
also are thy thoughtsº
unto me, O El!º
howº
greatºº
is the sumº
of them! |
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139:18
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee. |
139:18
[If] I should countºº
them, they are more in numberºº
than the sand:ºº
when I awake,ºº
I am stillº
with thee.º |
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139:19
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood. |
139:19
Surelyº
thou wilt slayºº
the wicked,º
O Eloah:º
departºº
fromº
me therefore, ye bloodyº
men.ºº |
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139:20
For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities in vain. |
139:20
Forº
they speakºº
against thee wickedly,º
[and] thine enemiesº
takeºº
[thy name] in vain.º |
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139:21
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies? |
139:21
Do notº
I hateºº
them, O Yahweh,º
that hateºº
thee? and am not I grievedºº
with those that rise upº
againstº
thee? |
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139:22
I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies. |
139:22
I hateºº
them with perfectº
hatred:º
I countº
them mine enemies.ºº |
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139:23
Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths; |
139:23
Searchºº
me, O El,º
and knowºº
my heart:º
tryºº
me, and knowºº
my thoughts:º |
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139:24
and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way. |
139:24
And seeºº
ifº
[there be any] wickedº
wayº
in me, and leadºº
me in the wayº
everlasting.º |
