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1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, 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 when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest 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 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 Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O LORD, 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 dost beset me behind and before, and layest 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 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 to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, 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 thy hand shall 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, "Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me 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 is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with 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 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 praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me 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 being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths 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 Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed 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 to me are thy thoughts, O 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 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 O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God, and that men of blood would depart from me,
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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 men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!
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20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
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21 Do I not hate them that hate thee, O LORD? And do I not loathe them 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; I count them 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, 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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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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