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Psalms Chapter 139

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Psalms

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The psalmist declares that God knows the depths of the earth and the thoughts of every person. He says that God’s knowledge is perfect and that there is no place where God’s eye cannot be.

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(1) To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
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Psalms 139:23Psalms 11:4Psalms 11:5Psalms 17:3Psalms 44:21I Kings 8:39I Chronicles 28:9Jeremiah 12:3Jeremiah 17:9Jeremiah 17:10John 21:17Hebrews 4:13

(2) Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
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Psalms 56:8Genesis 16:13II Kings 6:12II Kings 19:27Proverbs 15:3Isaiah 37:28Zechariah 4:10Psalms 94:11Matthew 9:4Luke 9:47John 2:24John 2:25

(3) Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
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Job 13:26Job 13:27Job 14:16Job 14:17Job 31:4Matthew 3:12Psalms 139:18Psalms 121:3Psalms 121:4Psalms 121:5Psalms 121:6Psalms 121:7

(4) For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
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Psalms 19:14Job 8:2Job 38:2Job 42:3Job 42:6Job 42:7Job 42:8Zephaniah 1:12Malachi 3:13Malachi 3:14Malachi 3:15Malachi 3:16

(5) Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
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Deuteronomy 33:27Job 23:8Job 23:9Exodus 24:11Revelation 1:17

(6) Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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Psalms 40:5Psalms 13:1Job 11:7Job 11:8Job 11:9Job 26:14Job 42:3Proverbs 30:2Proverbs 30:3Proverbs 30:4Romans 11:33

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Job 42:3

(7) Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
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Jeremiah 23:23Jeremiah 23:24Jonah 1:3Jonah 1:10Acts 5:9

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Song of Solomon 6:1John 8:14John 13:36John 21:18II Samuel 16:19II Chronicles 10:2

(8) If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
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Ezekiel 28:12Ezekiel 28:13Ezekiel 28:14Ezekiel 28:15Ezekiel 28:16Ezekiel 28:17Amos 9:2Amos 9:3Amos 9:4Obadiah 1:4Job 26:6Job 34:21

(9) If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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Psalms 18:10Psalms 19:6Malachi 4:2Psalms 74:16Psalms 74:17Isaiah 24:14Isaiah 24:15Isaiah 24:16

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Psalms 65:8Zechariah 5:9

(10) Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
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Psalms 63:8Psalms 73:23Psalms 143:9Psalms 143:10Isaiah 41:13

(11) If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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Psalms 10:11Psalms 10:12Psalms 10:13Psalms 94:7Job 22:12Job 22:13Job 22:14Isaiah 29:15Jeremiah 23:24Job 12:22

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Exodus 14:20Job 10:22Psalms 139:12Isaiah 5:20Matthew 6:23John 12:35

(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.
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Exodus 14:20Exodus 20:21Job 26:6Job 34:22Daniel 2:22Hebrews 4:13

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Job 10:22Matthew 6:23Isaiah 5:20John 1:5John 12:35I John 2:11

(13) For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
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Job 10:9Job 10:10Job 10:11Job 10:12Psalms 22:9Psalms 22:10Psalms 71:6Job 31:15Isaiah 44:2Isaiah 46:3Jeremiah 1:5

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Genesis 29:10

(14) 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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Genesis 1:26Genesis 1:27Psalms 92:4Psalms 92:5Psalms 104:24Psalms 111:2Job 5:9Revelation 15:3

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II Kings 4:26Psalms 9:1Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1

(15) 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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Psalms 139:13Job 10:9Job 10:10Job 10:11Exodus 11:5Psalms 63:9Ephesians 4:9

(16) 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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Psalms 56:8Malachi 3:16Revelation 20:12

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I Chronicles 29:29Revelation 22:19II Kings 22:13II Chronicles 20:34II Chronicles 34:21Luke 4:17

(17) How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
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Psalms 40:5Proverbs 8:31Isaiah 55:8Isaiah 55:9Jeremiah 29:11Ephesians 3:9Ephesians 3:10Psalms 31:19Psalms 36:7

(18) 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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Psalms 40:12Psalms 139:3Psalms 3:5Psalms 16:8Psalms 16:9Psalms 16:10Psalms 16:11Psalms 17:15Psalms 63:6Psalms 63:7Isaiah 26:19Daniel 12:2

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Revelation 13:18Judges 5:12Psalms 57:8Isaiah 51:9

(19) Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
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Psalms 5:6Psalms 9:17Psalms 55:23Psalms 64:7Psalms 94:23Isaiah 11:4Psalms 6:8Psalms 119:115Matthew 7:23Matthew 25:41II Corinthians 6:17

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II Kings 8:12Jeremiah 37:9Jeremiah 38:15Jeremiah 44:25Zephaniah 3:7Exodus 15:26

(20) For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
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Psalms 73:8Psalms 73:9Psalms 74:18Psalms 74:22Psalms 74:23Job 21:14Job 21:15Isaiah 37:23Isaiah 37:28Isaiah 37:29Jude 1:15Revelation 13:6

(21) Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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Psalms 15:4Psalms 31:6II Chronicles 19:2Revelation 2:2Revelation 2:6Psalms 119:136Psalms 119:158Jeremiah 13:17Mark 3:5Luke 19:41Romans 9:1Romans 9:2

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Deuteronomy 33:11Proverbs 8:13Numbers 10:35Deuteronomy 19:11

(22) I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
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Psalms 101:3Psalms 101:4Psalms 101:5Psalms 101:6Psalms 101:7Psalms 101:8Luke 14:26

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Psalms 25:19

(23) Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
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Psalms 139:1Psalms 26:2Deuteronomy 8:2Deuteronomy 8:16Job 31:6Proverbs 17:3Zechariah 13:9Malachi 3:2Malachi 3:3I Peter 1:7

(24) And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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Psalms 7:3Psalms 7:4Psalms 17:3Proverbs 28:26Jeremiah 17:9Jeremiah 17:10Hebrews 12:15Hebrews 12:16Psalms 5:8Psalms 25:8Psalms 25:9Psalms 119:1

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