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139.8 :If I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.
 * If I take the wings of the morning,
 * And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
 * Even there would Thy hand lead me,
 * And Thy right hand would hold me.
 * And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me,
 * And the light about me shall be night';
 * Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee,
 * But the night shineth as the day;
 * The darkness is even as the light.


 * For Thou hast made my reins;
 * Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.
 * I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
 * Wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
 * My frame was not hidden from Thee,
 * When I was made in secret,
 * And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
 * Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance,
 * And in Thy book they were all written—
 * Even the days that were fashioned,
 * When as yet there was none of them.
 * How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God!
 * How great is the sum of them!
 * If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand;
 * Were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.


 * If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God—
 * Depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
 * Who utter Thy name with wicked thought,
 * They take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies—
 * Do not I hate them, O, that hate Thee?
 * And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?
 * I hate them with utmost hatred;
 * I count them mine enemies.
 * Search me, O God, and know my heart,
 * Try me, and know my thoughts;
 * And see if there be any way in me that is grievous,
 * And lead me in the way everlasting.

For the Leader. A Psalm of David.


 * Deliver me, O, from the evil man;
 * Preserve me from the violent man;
 * Who devise evil things in their heart;
 * Every day do they stir up wars.
 * They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent;
 * Vipers' venom is under their lips.


 * Keep me, O, from the hands of the wicked;
 * Preserve me from the violent man;
 * Who have purposed to make my steps slip.
 * The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;
 * They have spread a net by the wayside;
 * They have set gins for me.


 * I have said unto the : 'Thou art my God';
 * Give ear, O, unto the voice of my supplications.