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1 O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
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1 O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
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2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
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2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
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3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
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3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
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4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
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4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
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5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
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5 You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.
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6 [Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
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7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
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7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
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8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
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8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
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9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
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10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
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10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
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11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
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11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"
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12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
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12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
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13 For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
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13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
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14 I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
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14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
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15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
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16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.
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16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
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17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
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17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
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18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
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18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
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19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
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19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
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20 For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
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20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
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21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you?
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22 I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
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22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
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23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
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24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
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24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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