Bible Reading Plan

Chapter 138

Thanksgiving for the LORD'S Favor.

^1 (C1)I will give You thanks with all my heart;
I will sing Your praises before the ^(C2)gods.

² I will bow down ^(C1)toward Your holy temple
And ^(C2)give thanks to Your name for Your mercy and Your ^(F1)truth;
For You have ^(C3)made Your ^(F2)word great ^(F3)according to all Your name.

³ On the day I ^(C1)called, You answered me;
You made me bold with ^(C2)strength in my soul.

^4 (C1)All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, LORD,
When they have heard the words of Your mouth.

⁵ And they will ^(C1)sing of the ways of the LORD,
For ^(C2)great is the glory of the LORD.

⁶ For ^(C1)the LORD is exalted,
Yet He ^(C2)looks after the lowly,
But He knows the ^(C3)haughty from afar.

⁷ Though I ^(C1)walk in the midst of trouble, You will ^(F1)(C2)revive me;
You will ^(C3)reach out with Your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
And Your right hand will ^(C4)save me.

⁸ The LORD will ^(C1)accomplish what concerns me;
Your ^(C2)faithfulness, LORD, is everlasting;
^(C3)Do not abandon the ^(C4)works of Your hands.

Chapter 139

God's Omnipresence and Omniscience.

¹ LORD, You have ^(C1)searched me and known me.

² You ^(C1)know ^(F1)when I sit down and ^(F2)when I get up;
You ^(C2)understand my thought from far away.

³ You ^(F1)(C1)scrutinize my ^(F2)path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.

^4 (F1)Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, LORD, You ^(C1)know it all.

⁵ You have ^(C1)encircled me behind and in front,
And ^(C2)placed Your hand upon me.

⁶ Such ^(C1)knowledge is ^(C2)too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot comprehend it.

^7 (C1)Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

^8 (C1)If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in ^(F1)Sheol, behold, ^(C2)You are there.

⁹ 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 ^(C1)lead me,
And Your right hand will take hold of me.

¹¹ If I say, "Surely the ^(C1)darkness will ^(F1)overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,"

¹² Even ^(C1)darkness is not dark ^(F1)to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
^(C2)Darkness and light are alike to You.

¹³ For You ^(C1)created my innermost parts;
You ^(C2)wove me in my mother's womb.

¹⁴ I will give thanks to You, because ^(F1)I am awesomely and wonderfully made;
^(C1)Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

¹⁵ My ^(F1)(C1)frame was not hidden from You
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully formed in the ^(C2)depths of the earth;

¹⁶ Your ^(C1)eyes have seen my formless substance;
And in ^(C2)Your book were written
All the ^(C3)days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are Your ^(C1)thoughts for me, God!
How vast is the sum of them!

¹⁸ Were I to count them, they would ^(C1)outnumber the sand.
When ^(C2)I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹ If only You would ^(C1)put the wicked to death, God;
^(C2)Leave me, ^(C3)you men of bloodshed.

²⁰ For they ^(C1)speak ^(F1)against You wickedly,
And Your enemies ^(F2)(C2)take Your name in vain.

²¹ Do I not ^(C1)hate those who hate You, LORD?
And do I not ^(C2)loathe those who rise up against You?

²² I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.

^23 (C1)Search me, God, and know my heart;
^(C2)Put me to the test and know my anxious thoughts;

²⁴ And see if there is any ^(F1)(C1)hurtful way in me,
And ^(C2)lead me in the ^(C3)everlasting way.