Verse 20
Psalms 139:20
Free Bible Version
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When they speak of you they're being deceptively evil. Since they are your enemies, they call on you in vain.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻ/ךָ לִ/מְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַ/שָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
What they will say to you for a scheme, do not take for nothing your cities.
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Chapter 139 Context
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For the music director. A psalm of David. Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know ev...
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You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know what I'm thinking even when I'm a long way away...
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You observe where I go and when I rest. You're familiar with everything I do.
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Lord, you even know what I'm going to say before I say it.
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You're always there—behind me, in front of me, and all around me. You place your caring hand on me.
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This amazing knowledge you have is far beyond me, way beyond my understanding!
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Where can I go that you're not already there? Where can I run to escape your presence?
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If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I lie down in Sheol, look—you are there too!
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If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore o...
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even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.
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If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me,
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Even darkness would not be dark for you, and the night would be bright as day, for darkness is like...
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You made me from the inside out, shaping me in my mother's womb.
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I praise you for making me in such an awesome and wonderful way. What you do is incredible—I realize...
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My growing body was not hidden from you as I was formed in secret, as I was intricately put together...
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You saw me as an embryo, and in your book all my days were written down—the days that were made for...
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God (Elohim), your thoughts are so valuable to me! Taken together, they can't be counted!
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If I tried to count them, they would be more than every grain of sand. Yet when I awake I am still w...
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God (Elohim), if you would only kill the wicked! Murderers, get away from me!
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When they speak of you they're being deceptively evil. Since they are your enemies, they call on you...
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Lord, don't I hate those who hate you? I despise those who rebel against you!
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I hate them with absolute hatred—they have become my enemies!
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Examine me carefully, God (Elohim), so you can be sure of my true feelings. Check me out so you can...
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Please show me if I'm following any kind of idol, and lead me along the path of eternal life.
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