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7 (138-7) Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
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Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
8 (138-8) If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
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If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 (138-9) If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
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If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 (138-10) Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
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even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
11 (138-11) And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
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If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
12 (138-12) But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light all the day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
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even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
13 (138-13) For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
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For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 (138-14) I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15 (138-15) My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
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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.
16 (138-16) Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
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Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
17 (138-17) But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
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How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
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