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Psalms 138
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1For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
1O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
5the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me , and laid thine hand upon me.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from thy presence?
7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to thee].
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well.
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My bones which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them.
16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me , ye men of blood.
19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities in vain.
20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?
21Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way .
24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.