"Everything you do is marvelous! Of this I have no doubt."

13 Weeks

Psalm 139

The LORD Is Always Near

 ¹You have looked deep

   into my heart, LORD,

   and you know all about me.

    ²You know when I am resting

   or when I am working,

   and from heaven

   you discover my thoughts.

    ³You notice everything I do

   and everywhere I go.

    ⁴Before I even speak a word,

   you know what I will say,

    ⁵and with your powerful arm

   you protect me

   from every side.

    ⁶I can't understand all of this!

   Such wonderful knowledge

   is far above me.

    ⁷Where could I go to escape

   from your Spirit

   or from your sight?

    ⁸If I were to climb up

   to the highest heavens,

   you would be there.

   If I were to dig down

   to the world of the dead

   you would also be there.

    ⁹Suppose I had wings

   like the dawning day

   and flew across the ocean.

    ¹⁰Even then your powerful arm

   would guide and protect me.

    ¹¹Or suppose I said, "I'll hide

   in the dark

   until night comes

   to cover me over."

    ¹²But you see in the dark

   because daylight and dark

   are all the same to you.

    ¹³You are the one

   who put me together

   inside my mother's body,

    ¹⁴and I praise you

   because of

   the wonderful way

   you created me.

   Everything you do is marvelous!

   Of this I have no doubt.

    ¹⁵Nothing about me

   is hidden from you!

   I was secretly woven together

   deep in the earth below,

    ¹⁶but with your own eyes

   you saw

   my body being formed.

 

   Even before I was born,

   you had written in your book

   everything I would do.

 

    ¹⁷Your thoughts are far beyond

   my understanding,

   much more than I

   could ever imagine.

    ¹⁸I try to count your thoughts,

   but they outnumber the grains

   of sand on the beach.

   And when I awake,

   I will find YOU nearby.



*Contemporary English Version