| Chapter 138 |
1 | Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
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2 | thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
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3 | Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
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4 | And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
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5 | Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
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6 | Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
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7 | Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
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8 | If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
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9 | If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
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10 | Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
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11 | And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
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12 | But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
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13 | For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.
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14 | I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
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15 | My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
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16 | Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
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17 | But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
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18 | I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
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19 | If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
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20 | Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
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21 | Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
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22 | I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
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23 | Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
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24 | And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
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