God's Omnipresence and Omniscience |
| To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. |
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O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
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Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;
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thou understandest my thought afar off. |
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Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
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and art acquainted with all my ways. |
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For there is not a word in my tongue,
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but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. |
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Thou hast beset me behind and before,
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and laid thine hand upon me. |
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
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it is high, I cannot attain unto it. |
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Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?
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Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
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If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
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if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. |
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If I take the wings of the morning,
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and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; |
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even there shall thy hand lead me,
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and thy right hand shall hold me. |
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;
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even the night shall be light about me. |
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Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;
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but the night shineth as the day: |
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the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. |
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For thou hast possessed my reins:
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thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. |
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I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
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marvelous are thy works; |
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and that my soul knoweth right well. |
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My substance was not hid from thee
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when I was made in secret, |
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and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
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Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
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and in thy book all my members were written, |
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which in continuance were fashioned, |
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when as yet there was none of them. |
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How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!
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How great is the sum of them! |
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If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:
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when I awake, I am still with thee. |
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Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:
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depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. |
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For they speak against thee wickedly,
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and thine enemies take thy name in vain. |
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Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee?
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And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? |
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I hate them with perfect hatred:
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I count them mine enemies. |
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Search me, O God, and know my heart:
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try me, and know my thoughts: |
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and see if there be any wicked way in me,
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and lead me in the way everlasting. |
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