April 4
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PSALM 139
O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
– Psalm 139:1-6
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PSALM 139 THE ONLY ONE WHO TRULY KNOWS YOU
A poem inspired by this psalm by ILMA
Is there anyone in the world who knows you deeply?
The one who sees you wherever you are constantly
The only one who knows the number of your hair
He discerns every thought that comes in your head.
Even before you conceptualize a thought and say it
He already knows it; he sees through your inmost being
For he formed you in your mother’s womb so delicately
He made sure you are made in his image so very closely.
The one who truly knows you feel every emotion you have
He knows when you are excited, angry, lonely or sad
He whispers to you how much he deeply loves you
He gave you his word so your mind can be renewed.
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REFLECTION
• What reassurance do you have after meditating on the stanza in this psalm?
• If God is the only one who truly knows us, how should we respond to that truth and knowledge?