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Psalms 139:4-6

Even before a word is on my tongue

you have searched me and known me · Psalms 139

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4Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.

5You hem me in behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is too high—I cannot attain it.

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