Psalm 139

Oh LORD, You have searched me and known me

You know my sitting down and my rising up

You understand my thought afar off,

You comprehend my path and my lying down

And are acquainted with all my ways [good and bad: my thoughts, my feelings, my tendancies, my habits, my strengths and weaknesses. He knows them all well]

For there is not a word on my tongue

But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether

You have hedged [covered] me before and behind

And laid Your hand upon me

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

It is high, I cannot attain it.

For where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

If I ascend into heaven, You are there,

If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there

If I take the wings of the morning,

Or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

Even there Your hand shall lead me,

Your right hand shall guide me

If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me."

Even the night shall be light about me

Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You

For the night shines as the day,

The darkness and the light are both alike to You

For You formed my inward parts

You covered me in my mother's womb

I will praise You,

For I am fearfully and wonderfully made

Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well

My form was not hidden from You

When I was made in secret

And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth

Your eyes saw my substance,

Being yet unformed,

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me

When as yet there were none of them

Oh that You would slay the wicked, O GOD!

Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men!

For they speak against You wickedly,

Your enemies take Your name in vain

Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?

Do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

I hate them with perfect [complete] hatred,

I count them my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me, and know my anxieties

And see if there is any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting.

God is obsessed with us. Who else would bother to learn all this information about us, and then, once it is found out, still wants us?! I am humbled and amazed, every time, by what the LORD has to offer. How do I stray? How do I mistrust Him? It is craziness to trust and respect that which is an image of God, over God Himself.