Psalms139

Psalm 139 extols God's profound omniscience and omnipresence, revealing His intimate knowledge of David's every thought, action, and location. David marvels at being "fearfully and wonderfully made" by God in the womb, acknowledging His detailed involvement in his creation. The psalm concludes with David's plea for God to search his heart and lead him in the way everlasting, contrasting his devotion with the wicked.

God's Omniscience

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To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
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Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
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Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
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For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
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Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
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Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.

There Is No Escape from God's Presence (Omnipresence)

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Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
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If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there.
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Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
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Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
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If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
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Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.

Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

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For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
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I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
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My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
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Thine eyes did see me, when I was without forme: for in thy booke were all things written, which in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them before.
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Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
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If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.

Prayer Against the Wicked and Self-Examination

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Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
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Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
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Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
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I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.

Search Me, O God

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Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
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And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
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