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1 <> LORD, you have searched me, And you know me.
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1 O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
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2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
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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 You search out my path and my lying down, And are 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 on my tongue, But, behold, LORD, you know 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 You tzitzit me in behind and before. You laid your hand on 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 This knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty. I can't attain it.
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6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
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7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your 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, you are there. If I make my bed in She'ol, behold, you are 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 dawn, And settle 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 your hand will lead me, And your right hand will 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 will overwhelm me; The light around me will 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 doesn't hide from you, But the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
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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 you formed my inmost being. You knit me together 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 to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very 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 wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the eretz.
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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 Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were 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 to me are your thoughts, God! How vast 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 would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
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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 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you 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 you wickedly. Your enemies take your 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 LORD, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
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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 have become my 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, 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 See if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
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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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