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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 139, Verse 2

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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
King James Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
American Standard Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
New English Translation
You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
World English Bible
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
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Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
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For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
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Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
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[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
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If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
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[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].