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Psalms 139
Search Me, O God, And Know My Heart
To The Chief Musician, A Psalm Of David

Audio Reading • Kings James Version

Psalms 139
King James Version

1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
thou understandest my thought afar off.​
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
and art acquainted with all my ways.​
4 For there is not a word in my tongue,
but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.​
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before,
and laid thine hand upon me.​
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high, I cannot attain unto it.​

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee from thy presence?​
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.​
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;​
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me,
and thy right hand shall hold me.​
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;
even the night shall be light about me.​
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;
but the night shineth as the day:
the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.​

13 For thou hast possessed my reins:
thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.​
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works;
and that my soul knoweth right well.​
15 My substance was not hid from thee,
when I was made in secret,
and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.​
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
and in thy book all my members were written,
which in continuance were fashioned,
when as yet there was none of them.​

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!
how great is the sum of them!​
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:
when I awake, I am still with thee.​

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:
depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.​
20 For they speak against thee wickedly,
and thine enemies take thy name in vain.​
21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?
and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?​
22 I hate them with perfect hatred:
I count them mine enemies.​

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart:
try me, and know my thoughts:​
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.


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