Verse 2
Psalms 139:2
English Revised Version
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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣/י וְ/קוּמִ֑/י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝/רֵעִ֗/י מֵ/רָחֽוֹק
English Translation
You know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thoughts from afar.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 139 Context
1
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
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For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
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Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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Whither shall I from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
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8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
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9
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light about me shall be night;
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Even the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light...
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For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
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14
I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and...
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15
My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest pa...
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Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance, and in thy book were all my members written, which day...
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17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God (Elohim)! how great is the sum of them!
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18
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
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19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God (Elohim): depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
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For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
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Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against the...
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I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
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Search me, O God (Elohim), and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:
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And see if there be any way of wickedness in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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