Psalms 139:4-14

⁴Lord, you even know what I'm going to say before I say it.

⁵You're always there—behind me, in front of me, and all around me. You place your caring hand on me.

⁶This amazing knowledge you have is far beyond me, way beyond my understanding!

⁷Where can I go that you're not already there? Where can I run to escape your presence?

⁸If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I lie down in Sheol, look—you are there too!

⁹If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea,

¹⁰even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.

¹¹If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me,

¹²Even darkness would not be dark for you, and the night would be bright as day, for darkness is like light to you.

¹³You made me from the inside out, shaping me in my mother's womb.

¹⁴I praise you for making me in such an awesome and wonderful way. What you do is incredible—I realize this completely!