Verse 4
Psalms 140:4
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָ/ם֮ כְּֽמוֹ נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣י/מוֹ סֶֽלָה
English Translation
We have sharpened our tongue like a serpent; the venom of asps is under our lips. Selah.
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Chapter 140 Context
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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...
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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 t...
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For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.
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14
I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth r...
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My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts...
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Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and...
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But to me thy friends, O God (Elohim), are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceed...
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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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19
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God (Elohim): 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 (Elohim), 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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