New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 139:6-16

6Such 1knowledge is 2too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

7 3Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?8 4If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in 5Sheol, behold, 6You are there.9If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,10Even there Your hand will 7lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.11If I say, “Surely the 8darkness will 9overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,”12Even the 10darkness is not dark 11to You, And the night is as bright as the day. 12Darkness and light are alike to You.

13For You 13formed my 14inward parts; You 15wove me in my mother’s womb.14I will give thanks to You, for 16I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 17Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.15My 18 19frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the 20depths of the earth;16Your 21eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in 22Your book were all written The 23days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

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Notes

1. Psalms 139:6 Rom 11:33 ↩
2. Psalms 139:6 Job 42:3 ↩
3. Psalms 139:7 Jer 23:24 ↩
4. Psalms 139:8 Amos 9:2-4 ↩
5. Psalms 139:8 I.e. the nether world ↩
6. Psalms 139:8 Job 26:6; Prov 15:11 ↩
7. Psalms 139:10 Ps 23:2, 3 ↩
8. Psalms 139:11 Job 22:13 ↩
9. Psalms 139:11 Lit bruise; some commentators read cover ↩
10. Psalms 139:12 Job 34:22; Dan 2:22 ↩
11. Psalms 139:12 Lit from ↩
12. Psalms 139:12 1 John 1:5 ↩
13. Psalms 139:13 Ps 119:73; Is 44:24 ↩
14. Psalms 139:13 Lit kidneys ↩
15. Psalms 139:13 Job 10:11 ↩
16. Psalms 139:14 Some ancient versions read You are fearfully wonderful ↩
17. Psalms 139:14 Ps 40:5 ↩
18. Psalms 139:15 Lit bones were ↩
19. Psalms 139:15 Job 10:8-10; Eccl 11:5 ↩
20. Psalms 139:15 Ps 63:9 ↩
21. Psalms 139:16 Job 10:8-10; Eccl 11:5 ↩
22. Psalms 139:16 Ps 56:8 ↩
23. Psalms 139:16 Job 14:5 ↩

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