Psalms 139:1-12, Psalms 139:23-24 - ESV Online

PSALMS 139:1-12

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
139:1

O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;

you discern my thoughts from afar. 3

You search out my path and my lying down

and are acquainted with all my ways. 4

Even before a word is on my tongue,

behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. 5

You hem me in, behind and before,

and lay your hand upon me. 6

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is high; I cannot attain it.
7

Where shall I go from your Spirit?

Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8

If I ascend to heaven, you are there!

If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! 9

If I take the wings of the morning

and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10

even there your hand shall lead me,

and your right hand shall hold me. 11

If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,

and the light about me be night,” 12

even the darkness is not dark to you;

the night is bright as the day,

for darkness is as light with you.

PSALMS 139:23-24

Search me, O God, and know my heart!

Try me and know my thoughts! 24

And see if there be any grievous way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting!

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