Psalms 138

1Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:

1 I will give thee thanks with my whole heart; before thegods will I sing psalms of thee.

2Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.

2 I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness, and celebrate thy name for thy loving-kindness and for thy truth; for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

3Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.

3 In the day when I called thou answeredst me; thou didst encourage me with strength in my soul.

4And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.

4 All the kings of the earth shall celebrate thee, Jehovah, when they have heard the words of thy mouth;

5Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.

5 And they shall sing in the ways of Jehovah, for great is the glory of Jehovah.

6Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.

6 For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off.

7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the anger of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.

8If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.

8 Jehovah will perfect what concerneth me: thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; forsake not the works of thine own hands.

9If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:

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10Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.

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11And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.

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12But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light all the day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.

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13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.

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14I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.

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15My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.

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16Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.

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17But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.

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18I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with thee.

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19If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:

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20Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.

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21Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pined away because of thy enemies?

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22I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.

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23Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.

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24And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.

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