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O LORD, you have
1searched me and known me!
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You
2know when I sit down and when I rise up; you
3discern my thoughts from afar.
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You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
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Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD,
4you know it altogether.
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You
5hem me in, behind and before, and
6lay your hand upon me.
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7Such knowledge is
8too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
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9Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where
10shall I flee from your presence?
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11If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
12If I make my bed in Sheol, you are 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 your hand shall
13lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
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If I say,
14"Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,"
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15even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.