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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
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Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up rising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
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For [there is] not a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
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Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
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[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] to it.
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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
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If I ascend into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
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[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.