Verse 23
Psalms 139:23
New Living Translation
23
Search me, O God (Elohim), and know my heart;<br>test me and know my anxious thoughts.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
חָקְרֵ֣/נִי אֵ֭ל וְ/דַ֣ע לְבָבִ֑/י בְּ֝חָנֵ֗/נִי וְ/דַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽ/י
English Translation
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 139 Context
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O LORD, you have examined my heart<br>and know everything about me.<br>
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You know when I sit down or stand up.<br>You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.<br>
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You see me when I travel<br>and when I rest at home.<br>You know everything I do.<br>
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You know what I am going to say<br>even before I say it, LORD.<br>
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You go before me and follow me.<br>You place your hand of blessing on my head.<br>
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,<br>too great for me to understand!<br>
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7
I can never escape from your Spirit!<br>I can never get away from your presence!<br>
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If I go up to heaven, you are there;<br>if I go down to the grave, you are there.<br>
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If I ride the wings of the morning,<br>if I dwell by the farthest oceans,<br>
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even there your hand will guide me,<br>and your strength will support me.<br>
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11
I could ask the darkness to hide me<br>and the light around me to become night —<br>
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but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.<br>To you the night shines as bright as day.<br>Darknes...
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13
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body<br>and knit me together in my mother’s womb.<br>
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Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!<br>Your workmanship is marvelous — how well I know i...
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15
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,<br>as I was woven together in the dark of t...
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You saw me before I was born.<br>Every day of my life was recorded in your book.<br>Every moment was...
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How precious are your thoughts about me, O God (Elohim).<br>They cannot be numbered!<br>
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I can’t even count them;<br>they outnumber the grains of sand!<br>And when I wake up,<br>you are sti...
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O God (Elohim), if only you would destroy the wicked!<br>Get out of my life, you murderers!<br>
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20
They blaspheme you;<br>your enemies misuse your name.<br>
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21
O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?<br>Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?<br>
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22
Yes, I hate them with total hatred,<br>for your enemies are my enemies.<br>
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23
Search me, O God (Elohim), and know my heart;<br>test me and know my anxious thoughts.<br>
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Point out anything in me that offends you,<br>and lead me along the path of everlasting life.<br>
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