with all my ways.
139:004 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh,
you know it altogether.
139:005 You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
139:006 This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.
139:007 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee
from your presence?
139:008 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed
in Sheol, behold, you are there!
139:009 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
139:010 Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand
will hold me.
139:011 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light
around me will be night;"
139:012 even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines
as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
139:013 For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in
my mother's womb.
139:014 I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
139:015 My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth.
139:016 Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were
none of them.
139:017 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is
the sum of them!
139:018 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
When I wake up, I am still with you.
139:019 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me,
you bloodthirsty men!
139:020 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your
name in vain.
139:021 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved
with those who rise up against you?
139:022 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
139:023 Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
139:024 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in
the everlasting way.
140:001 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> Deliver me,
Yahweh, from the evil man. Preserve me from the violent man;
140:002 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually
gather themselves together for war.
140:003 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent.
Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
140:004 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me
from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.
140:005 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords
of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
140:006 I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry
of my petitions, Yahweh.
140:007 Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered
my head in the day of battle.
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