Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 O LORD, thou hast searched me and known <em>me</em>.
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You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou dost understand my thoughts from afar.
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You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou hast girded my walk and my rest, and hast prepared all my ways.
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You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 For the word <em>is</em> not even upon my tongue, <em>and</em>, behold, O LORD, thou dost know it altogether.
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Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
5 Thou hast formed my face and my insides and laid thine hand upon me.
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You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
6 <em>Thy</em> knowledge <em>is</em> wonderful beyond my ability to comprehend; it is high, I cannot understand it.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence?
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Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to the heavens, thou <em>art</em> there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou <em>art there</em>.
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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 <em>If</em> I take the wings of the dawn <em>and</em> 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 even there 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 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall shine because of me.
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If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
12 Even the darkness does not hide from thee; but the night shines as the day; the darkness is as the light.
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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 For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
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For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully <em>and</em> wonderfully made; marvellous <em>are</em> thy works, and <em>that</em>, my soul knows 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 My body was not hid from thee, even though <em>I</em> was made in secret <em>and</em> brought together in the lowest 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 Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect; and in thy book all <em>my members</em> were written, <em>which</em> were then formed, without <em>lacking</em> one of 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 Therefore, how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
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How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 <em>If</em> I should count them, they are more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with thee.
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Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God; depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
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If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, <em>and</em> thine enemies take <em>thy name</em> in vain.
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They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Do I not hate <em>all</em> those, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them mine enemies.
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I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my thoughts
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Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 and see if <em>there be any</em> wicked way in me, and lead me in the way eternal.
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See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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