Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

Psa 139:1  For the director of music. A psalm of David. LORD, you have seen what is in my heart. You know all about me.

Psa 139:2  You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know what I’m thinking even though you are far away.

Psa 139:3  You know when I go out to work and when I come back home. You know exactly how I live.

Psa 139:4  LORD, even before I speak a word, you know all about it.

Psa 139:5  You are all around me. You are behind me and in front of me. You hold me in your power.

Psa 139:6  I’m amazed at how well you know me. It’s more than I can understand.

Psa 139:7  How can I get away from your Spirit? Where can I go to escape from you?

Psa 139:8  If I go up to the heavens, you are there. If I lie down in the deepest parts of the earth, you are also there.

Psa 139:9  Suppose I were to rise with the sun in the east and then cross over to the west where it sinks into the ocean.

Psa 139:10  Your hand would always be there to guide me. Your right hand would still be holding me close.

Psa 139:11  Suppose I were to say, “I’m sure the darkness will hide me. The light around me will become as dark as night.”

Psa 139:12  Even that darkness would not be dark to you. The night would shine like the day, because darkness is like light to you.

Psa 139:13  You created the deepest parts of my being. You put me together inside my mother’s body.

Psa 139:14  How you made me is amazing and wonderful. I praise you for that. What you have done is wonderful. I know that very well.

Psa 139:15  None of my bones was hidden from you when you made me inside my mother’s body. That place was as dark as the deepest parts of the earth. When you were putting me together there,

Psa 139:16  your eyes saw my body even before it was formed. You planned how many days I would live. You wrote down the number of them in your book before I had lived through even one of them.

Psa 139:17  God, your thoughts about me are priceless. No one can possibly add them all up.

Psa 139:18  If I could count them, they would be more than the grains of sand. If I were to fall asleep counting and then wake up, you would still be there with me.

Psa 139:19  God, I wish you would kill the people who are evil! I wish those murderers would get away from me!

Psa 139:20  They are your enemies. They misuse your name. They misuse it for their own evil purposes.

Psa 139:21  LORD, I really hate those who hate you! I really hate those who rise up against you!

Psa 139:22  I have nothing but hatred for them. I consider them to be my enemies.

Psa 139:23  God, see what is in my heart. Know what is there. Put me to the test. Know what I’m thinking.

Psa 139:24  See if there’s anything in my life you don’t like. Help me live in the way that is always right.