Psalm 139
God knows every thought, word, and movement. There is nowhere to flee from his presence. We are fearfully and wonderfully made, knit together in the womb. God's thoughts toward us are vast.
PsalmsPsalm 139 of 15024 versesBerean Standard Bible
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For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Quoted in the Daily Lift, day 35: What happened to Lot after Sodom?
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Quoted in the Daily Lift, day 35: What happened to Lot after Sodom?
Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 35: Why does Genesis say Lot was not aware?
You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
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“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”
““Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.””
“Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.””
“Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.”
“Test me, O LORD, and try me; examine my heart and mind.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
Psalm 139 on Doxa
- Lot and His Daughters: Why Their Sons Are in Jesus' Line (Genesis 19) · Quoted in the Daily Lift, day 35
- He Did Not Know: How Lot's Story Ends and Ruth's Begins (Genesis 19) · Quoted in the Deeper Dive, day 35
- Bible Verses for Hope: 25 Scriptures When Life Gets Hard
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