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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 139, Verse 9

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If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].
King James Version
[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
American Standard Version
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
New English Translation
If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,
World English Bible
If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle 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].
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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.
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My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
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How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
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[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
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Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.