Greek Psalm 138

Where Shall I Go from Your Spirit? Where Flee from Your Face?

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138:1For the end. A psalm for David.

Lord, You tested me and knew me.

138:2You knew my sitting and my rising;

You understood my reasonings from afar.

138:3You traced my path and my measuring cord,

and You foresaw all my ways.

138:4For there is no word on my tongue,

138:5look, Lord, You knew all things, the last and the first;

You formed me and placed Your hand upon me.

138:6Your knowledge was made wondrous beyond me;

it grew strong—I cannot reach it.

138:7Where can I go from Your Spirit,

and where can I flee from Your face?

138:8If I ascend to heaven, You are there;

if I descend into Hades, You are present.

138:9if I take up my wings at dawn

and settle at the sea’s farthest reaches,

138:10indeed, even there Your hand will guide me,

and Your right hand will hold me fast.

138:11And I said, “Then darkness will trample me,

and night is illumination in my delight.”

138:12For darkness will not be dark from You,

and night will be illuminated like day;

as its darkness, so also its light.

138:13For You acquired my kidneys, Lord;

You supported me from my mother’s womb.

138:14I will thank You, for I was made fearfully wonderful;

wondrous are Your works,

and my soul knows very well.

138:15My bone was not hidden from You, which You made in secret,

and my substance in earth’s lowest places.

138:16Your eyes saw my unworked substance,

and in Your book all will be written;

they will be formed over days, and none among them.

138:17Your friends were greatly honored by me, God;

their beginnings grew very strong.

138:18I will count them, and they will multiply beyond the sand;

I awoke, and I am still with You.

138:19If You kill sinners, God—

men of blood, turn away from me,

138:20for You will speak into deliberation;

they will take Your cities into vanity.

138:21Did I not hate those who hate You, Lord,

and melt away over Your enemies?

138:22I hated them with complete hatred;

they became enemies to me.

138:23Test me, God, and know my heart;

examine me and know my paths,

138:24and see whether a way of lawlessness is in me,

and guide me in an eternal way.

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