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Psalm 139 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:1 - For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:2 - You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:4 - For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:5 - You have hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:6 - Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:7 - Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:8 - If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 - If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:10 - Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:11 - If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall[fn] on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:12 - Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:13 - For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:14 - I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;[fn]
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:15 - My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:16 - Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:17 - How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:18 - If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:19 - Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20 - For they speak against You wickedly;
Your enemies take Your name in vain.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:21 - Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:22 - I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:23 - Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:24 - And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Vulgate and Symmachus read cover.
Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read You are fearfully wonderful.
Septuagint and Vulgate read They take Your cities in vain.
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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Psalm Chapter 139 — Additional Translations:

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