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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 139, Verse 4

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Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
King James Version
For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
American Standard Version
For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
New English Translation
Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it.
World English Bible
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
9
[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
13
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
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I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.