Psalms 138

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

1I will give thee thanks with my whole heart: Before the gods will I sing praises unto thee.

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

2I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness 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.

3In the day that 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.

4All the kings of the earth shall give thee thanks, O Jehovah, For 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.

5Yea, they shall sing of 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.

6For though Jehovah is high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; But the haughty he knoweth from afar.

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

7Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me; Thou wilt stretch forth thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, And thy right hand will save me.

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

8Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, 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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