THE PSALM OF DAVID [139:1-24]January 16, 2023 Lord, you have probed me, you know me:2 you know when I sit and stand you understand my thoughts from afar3 You sift through my travels and my rest with all my ways you are familiar4 Even before a word is on my tongue Lord, you know it all5 Behind and before you encircle m and rest your hand upon me6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me far too lofty for me to reach7 Where can I go from your spirit From your presence, where can I flee8 If I ascend to the heavens, you are there if I lie down in Sheol, there you are9 If I take the wings of daw and dwell beyond the sea10 Even there your hand guides me your right hand holds me fast11 If I say, “Surely darkness shall hide me and night shall be my light”12 Darkness is not dark for you and night shines as the day Darkness and light are but oneI13 You formed my inmost being you knit me in my mother’s womb14 I praise you, because I am wonderfully made wonderful are your works My very self you know15 My bones are not hidden from youWhen I was being made in secret fashioned in the depths of the earth16 Your eyes saw me unformed in your book all are written down my days were shaped, before one came to beII17 How precious to me are your designs, O God how vast the sum of them18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sands when I complete them, still you are with me19 When you would destroy the wicked, O God the bloodthirsty depart from me20 Your foes who conspire a plot against you are exalted in vainI21 Do I not hate, Lord, those who hate you Those who rise against you, do I not loathe22 With fierce hatred I hate them enemies I count as my own2Lord, you have probed me, you know me:2 you know when I sit and stand you understand my thoughts from afar3 You sift through my travels and my rest with all my ways you are familiar4 Even before a word is on my tongue Lord, you know it all5 Behind and before you encircle m and rest your hand upon me6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me far too lofty for me to reach7 Where can I go from your spirit From your presence, where can I flee8 If I ascend to the heavens, you are there if I lie down in Sheol, there you are9 If I take the wings of daw and dwell beyond the sea10 Even there your hand guides me your right hand holds me fast11 If I say, “Surely darkness shall hide me and night shall be my light”12 Darkness is not dark for you and night shines as the day Darkness and light are but oneI13 You formed my inmost being you knit me in my mother’s womb14 I praise you, because I am wonderfully made wonderful are your works My very self you know15 My bones are not hidden from youWhen I was being made in secret fashioned in the depths of the earth16 Your eyes saw me unformed in your book all are written down my days were shaped, before one came to beII17 How precious to me are your designs, O God how vast the sum of them18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sands when I complete them, still you are with me19 When you would destroy the wicked, O God the bloodthirsty depart from me20 Your foes who conspire a plot against you are exalted in vainI21 Do I not hate, Lord, those who hate you Those who rise against you, do I not loathe22 With fierce hatred I hate them enemies I count as my own23 Probe me, God, know my heart try me, know my thoughts24 See if there is a wicked path in me3 Probe me, God, know my heart try me, know my thoughts24 See if there is a wicked path in mePowered by BloggerReport Abuse