Psalm 139

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1 (138-1) ^^ To the head of the choir. A psalm of David. ^^ Lord! You've tested me and you know.
2 (138-2) You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 (138-3) Whether I am going, whether I am resting - You surround me, and all my ways are known to You.
4 (138-4) There is still no word in my language, - You, Lord, already know it perfectly.
5 (138-5) From behind and in the front Thou embrace me, and lay thy hand upon me.
6th (138-6) It is marvelous for me to know [it], - high, I can not comprehend it!

7th (138-7) Where will I go from your Spirit, and from your face I will flee?
8 I will ascend into heaven; you are there; I will go down into the nether regions, and there you are.
9 (138-9) Shall I take the wings of the morning, and settle upon the edge of the sea?
10 (138-10) And there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand hold me still.
eleven (138-11) I will say: 'Perhaps darkness will hide me, and the light around me [will be] at night';
12 (138-12) But the darkness will not overshadow you, and the night shines like a day: like darkness, so is light.
13 (138-13) For thou hast built up my bowels, and weaved me in the womb of my mother.
14 I praise you, because I am marvelously organized. Your works are marvelous, and my soul is fully conscious of this.
15 (138-15) My bones were not hid from Thee, when I was made in secret, we were formed in the depths of the womb.
16 Thine eyes have seen my embryo; In Your book all the days are recorded for me, appointed, when none of them were yet.

17th (138-17) How lofty for me is your meditation, O God, and how great is their number!
18 (138-18) Shall I number them, but they are more numerous than sand? When I wake up, I am still with You.
19 (138-19) Oh, if You, God, had struck the wicked! Get away from me, bloodthirsty!
20 (138-20) They speak against you wickedly; Thy enemies conceal this vanity.
21 (138-21) Shall I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and do not turn away from those who rise up against you?
22 (138-22) I hate them with complete hatred: they are my enemies.
23 (138-23) Test me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my thoughts;
24 (138-24) and see if I'm on the dangerous path, and lead me to the eternal path.

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