Psalms
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Psalms 138 [Commentary]
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A Psalm of David. I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods.
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I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.
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On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul.
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All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, O LORD, When they have heard the words of Your mouth.
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And they will sing of the ways of the LORD, For great is the glory of the LORD.
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For though the LORD is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar.
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Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me.
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The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O LORD, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
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Psalms 139 [Commentary]
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For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
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You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.
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You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
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Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
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You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
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Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
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If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
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If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
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Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
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If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,"
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Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.
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For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.
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I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.
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My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
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Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.
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How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
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If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.
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O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
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For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
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Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD ? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
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I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.
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Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
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And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
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