Psalm 139
God’s Perfect Knowledge Of Man
O Lord You have searched me and known me
You know my sitting down and my rising up
You understand my thought afar off
You comprehend my path and my lying down
You are acquainted with all my ways
for there is not a word on my tongue
but behold O Lord, You know it altogether
You have hedged me behind and before
and laid Your hand upon me
such knowledge is too wonderful for me
it is high and I cannot attain it
where can I go from Your Spirit?
or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea
even there Your hand shall lead me
and Your right hand shall hold me
If I say, “surely the darkness shall fall on me,”
even the night shall be light about me;
Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You
but the night shines as the day;
the darkness and the light are both alike to You
for You formed my inward parts;
you covered me in my mother’s womb
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
marvelous are Your works
and that my soul knows very well
my frame was not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed
and in Your book they all were written
the days fashioned for me
when as yet there were none of them
how precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
if I should count them,
they would be more in number than the sand
when I awake, I am still with You
