New American Standard Bible 2020

Psalms 139:1-10

1Lord, You have 1searched me and known me.2You 2know 3when I sit down and 4when I get up; You 5understand my thought from far away.3You 6 7scrutinize my 8path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.4 9Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You 10know it all.5You have 11encircled me behind and in front, And 12placed Your hand upon me.6Such 13knowledge is 14too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.

7 15Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?8 16If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in 17Sheol, behold, 18You are there.9If I take up the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,10Even there Your hand will 19lead me, And Your right hand will take hold of me.

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Notes

1. Psalms 139:1 Ps 17:3; 44:21; Jer 12:3 ↩
2. Psalms 139:2 2 Kin 19:27 ↩
3. Psalms 139:2 Lit my sitting ↩
4. Psalms 139:2 Lit my rising ↩
5. Psalms 139:2 Ps 94:11; Is 66:18; Matt 9:4 ↩
6. Psalms 139:3 Lit winnow ↩
7. Psalms 139:3 Job 14:16; 31:4 ↩
8. Psalms 139:3 Or journeying ↩
9. Psalms 139:4 Lit For there is not ↩
10. Psalms 139:4 Heb 4:13 ↩
11. Psalms 139:5 Ps 34:7; 125:2 ↩
12. Psalms 139:5 Job 9:33 ↩
13. Psalms 139:6 Rom 11:33 ↩
14. Psalms 139:6 Job 42:3 ↩
15. Psalms 139:7 Jer 23:24 ↩
16. Psalms 139:8 Amos 9:2-4 ↩
17. Psalms 139:8 I.e., the netherworld ↩
18. Psalms 139:8 Job 26:6; Prov 15:11 ↩
19. Psalms 139:10 Ps 23:2, 3 ↩

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