The New American Standard Bible
Book of Psalms
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139:1 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] O LORD, You have searched R4307 me and known {me.}
139:2 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] You know R4308 when F1464 I sit down and when F1465 I rise up; You understand R4309 my thought from afar.
139:3 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] You scrutinize F1466 R4310 my path F1467 and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
139:4 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Even F1468 before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know R4311 it all.
139:5 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] You have enclosed R4312 me behind and before, And laid R4313 Your hand upon me.
139:6 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] {Such} knowledge R4314 is too R4315 wonderful for me; It is {too} high, I cannot attain to it.
139:7 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Where R4316 can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
139:8 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] If R4317 I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, F1469 behold, You R4318 are there.
139:9 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
139:10 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Even there Your hand will lead R4319 me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
139:11 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] If I say, "Surely the darkness R4320 will overwhelm F1470 me, And the light around me will be night,"
139:12 - [In Context|Original Hebrew] Even the darkness R4321 is not dark to F1471 You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness R4322 and light are alike {to You.}
FOOTNOTES: F1464: Lit as a prey to F1465: Lit lot F1466: Or those who returned to F1467: Lit stream-beds F1468: Hebrew Negev F1469: Lit delay sitting F1470: Lit toils F1471: Or heritage
CROSS REFERENCES: R4307: Isaiah 49:17 R4308: 2 Chronicles 29:27; Nehemiah 12:46 R4309: Isaiah 65:11 R4310: Job 29:10; Psalms 22:15; Ezekiel 3:26 R4311: Nehemiah 2:3 R4312: Psalms 83:4-8; Isaiah 34:5,6; Jeremiah 49:7-22; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 25:12-14; 35:2; Amos 1:11; Obadiah 1:10-14 R4313: Psalms 74:7; Habakkuk 3:13 R4314: Isaiah 13:1-22; 47:1-15; Jeremiah 25:12; 50:1-46; 51:1-64 R4315: Jeremiah 50:15; 51:24,35,36,49; Revelation 18:6 R4316: 2 Kings 8:12; Isaiah 13:16; Hosea 13:16; Nahum 3:10 R4317: Psalms 111:1 R4318: Psalms 95:3; 96:4; 97:7 R4319: 1 Kings 8:29; Psalms 5:7; 28:2 R4320: Psalms 140:13 R4321: Isaiah 42:21 R4322: Psalms 118:5

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