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Psalms 139:2

God's presence

1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

3 You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

4 Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

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BSB
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
KJV
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
WEB
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
ASV
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
DARBY
*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
BLB
You know my sitting down and my rising up; You discern my thought from afar.
ÅB
Enten jeg sitter, eller jeg står opp, da vet du det; du forstår min tanke langt fra.
OTB
Du vet når jeg setter meg ned og når jeg reiser meg;
Du forstår mine tanker langt borte fra.
B1930
Enten jeg sitter, eller jeg står op, da vet du det; du forstår min tanke langt fra.

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