139 (G4). DELIVERANCE FROM SELF.
| G4 | R | 1 | Divine searching. | |||
| 1. O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. | ||||||
| S1 | T1 | 2-5 | Omniscience. | |||
| 2. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. | ||||||
| 3. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. | ||||||
| 4. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. | ||||||
| 5. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. | ||||||
| U1 | 6 | Admiration. | ||||
| 6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. | ||||||
| S2 | T2 | 7-16 | Omniscience. | |||
| 7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? | ||||||
| 8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. | ||||||
| 9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; | ||||||
| 10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. | ||||||
| 11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. | ||||||
| 12. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. | ||||||
| 13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. | ||||||
| 14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. | ||||||
| 15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. | ||||||
| 16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. | ||||||
| U2 | 17,18 | Admiration. | ||||
| 17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! | ||||||
| 18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. | ||||||
| S3 | T3 | 19∼ | Omniscience. | |||
| 19∼. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: | ||||||
| U3 | ∼19-22 | Detestation. | ||||
| ∼19. depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. | ||||||
| 20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. | ||||||
| 21. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? | ||||||
| 22. I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. | ||||||
| R | 23,24 | Divine searching. | ||||
| 23. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: | ||||||
| 24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |