| Chapter 138 |
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Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: --
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thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up. --
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Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. --
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And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue. --
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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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Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it. --
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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? --
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If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. --
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If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: --
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Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me. --
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And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures. --
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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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For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb. --
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I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well. --
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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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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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But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. --
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I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee. --
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If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me: --
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Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain. --
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Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies? --
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I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me. --
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Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths. --
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And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way. --
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