The Message Bible MSG
New International Version NIV
1 God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand.
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You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
2 I'm an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I'm thinking.
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You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You know when I leave and when I get back; I'm never out of your sight.
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You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 You know everything I'm going to say before I start the first sentence.
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Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
5 I look behind me and you're there, then up ahead and you're there, too - your reassuring presence, coming and going.
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You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
6 This is too much, too wonderful - I can't take it all in!
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Is there anyplace I can go to avoid your Spirit? to be out of your sight?
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Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
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