God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
LORD, You have asearched me and known me.Ps 17:3; 44:21; Jer 12:32 You aknow 1when I sit down and 2when I get up;You bunderstand my thought from far away.Lit my sittingLit my rising2 Kin 19:27Ps 94:11; Is 66:18; Matt 9:43 You 1ascrutinize my 2path and my lying down,And are acquainted with all my ways.Lit winnowOr journeyingJob 14:16; 31:44 1Even before there is a word on my tongue,Behold, LORD, You aknow it all.Lit For there is notHeb 4:135 You have aencircled me behind and in front,And bplaced Your hand upon me.Ps 34:7; 125:2Job 9:336 Such aknowledge is btoo wonderful for me;It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.Rom 11:33Job 42:3
7 aWhere can I go from Your Spirit?Or where can I flee from Your presence?Jer 23:248 aIf I ascend to heaven, You are there;If I make my bed in 1Sheol, behold, bYou are there.I.e., the netherworldAmos 9:2-4Job 26:6; Prov 15:119 If I take up the wings of the dawn,If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,10 Even there Your hand will alead me,And Your right hand will take hold of me.Ps 23:2, 311 If I say, “Surely the adarkness will 1overwhelm me,And the light around me will be night,”Lit bruise; some commentators coverJob 22:1312 Even adarkness is not dark 1to You,And the night is as bright as the day.bDarkness and light are alike to You.Lit fromJob 34:22; Dan 2:221 John 1:5
13 For You acreated my innermost parts;You bwove me in my mother’s womb.Ps 119:73; Is 44:24Job 10:1114 I will give thanks to You, because 1I am awesomely and wonderfully made;aWonderful are Your works,And my soul knows it very well.Some ancient versions You are fearfully wonderfulPs 40:515 My 1aframe was not hidden from YouWhen I was made in secret,And skillfully formed in the bdepths of the earth;Lit bones wereJob 10:8-10; Eccl 11:5Ps 63:916 Your aeyes have seen my formless substance;And in bYour book were writtenAll the cdays that were ordained for me,When as yet there was not one of them.Job 10:8-10; Eccl 11:5Ps 56:8Job 14:5
17 How precious also are Your athoughts for me, God!How vast is the sum of them!Ps 40:5; 92:518 Were I to count them, they would aoutnumber the sand.When bI awake, I am still with You.Ps 40:5Ps 3:5
19 If only You would aput the wicked to death, God;bLeave me, cyou men of bloodshed.Is 11:4Ps 6:8; 119:115Ps 5:6; 26:920 For they aspeak 1against You wickedly,And Your enemies 2btake Your name in vain.Or ofSome mss lift themselves up against YouJude 15Ex 20:7; Deut 5:1121 Do I not ahate those who hate You, LORD?And do I not bloathe those who rise up against You?2 Chr 19:2; Ps 26:5; 31:6Ps 119:15822 I hate them with the utmost hatred;They have become my enemies.
23 aSearch me, God, and know my heart;bPut me to the test and know my anxious thoughts;Job 31:6; Ps 26:2Ps 7:9; Prov 17:3; Jer 11:20; 1 Thess 2:424 And see if there is any 1ahurtful way in me,And blead me in the ceverlasting way.Lit way of painPs 146:9; Prov 15:9; 28:10; Jer 25:5; 36:3Ps 5:8; 143:10Ps 16:11