Psalm 139

O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.

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

You know me

You discern my going out and my lying down; 
you are familiar with all my ways.

You know every tiny inane thing about me, every decision, every thought, every wondering, every quirk, every move.

Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.

You know me. You know even things I cannot express, the words that don't even make it to speech. You know everything I think and everything I say. Good and bad.

You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.

And yet, you still hug me, still touch me, cover me, give me a dignity I do not deserve, still surround me and protect me and are everywhere I go.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there….even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

You rescue me, know where I am, I cannot hide, cannot run, cannot exist without you being there, waiting, in your great knowing, and your great loving.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well…

How can I say that I am lesser than you say I am. Your creation is magnificent, inspired, unmatchable, unique and you love each piece completely. You know me. And yet you love me. That is why I praise you.

…All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

You had a plan for me, have a plan for me, and in your great knowing you already knew what I would choose, who I would be, who I would grow into. You knew me at the beginning of time.

You know me inside and out, utterly and completely, you know every beautiful thing but you also have heard every vile thought, godless word, bad decision, poor reasoning, wicked intent and heartless deed. Nothing is hidden in darkness, squirrelled away, out of your sight.

You know my imperfection

and yet

You have chosen me

You have adopted me

You have given me every blessing in heaven

You have filled me with your fulness, the fulness that created galaxies and commanded universes in a cosmic dance

You have covered me in a grace immeasurable

A love eternal

A mercy unimaginable

You know me

And you still chose me

In unfathomable abundance.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding....Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.