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Psalm 139
1 You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
A Problem With Being Present
There are five major movements in Psalm 139
1-6 - God’s deep
7-12 - God’s
13-18 - God’s participation in our individual
19-22 - A
23-24 - An invitation for God to be involved in
An Attentive God
No matter how we might try, we cannot prevail over God’s ability to
Because we cannot escape God’s reach, we are wiser to form a good
God is present in the life of every child, no matter how
Even if we never feel fully prepared for the work God has prepared for us, this is okay because God will
A fitting prayer for any and every situation:
Lord,
We are always within reach of God’s
Questions for Reflection and Discussion:
- The thought that God is always present: When is this comforting? When is it discomforting?
- When you read through Psalm 139, what section of this psalm speaks especially to you?
- When you consider that God alredy knew your potential before you wre born, how should you respond to this realization?