2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.1
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day,for darkness is as light to you.
Does anyone know where you are? Do they know what you are going through? Do they even care? Sometimes we can feel all alone in this life. Sometimes we feel like the darkness has encased itself around us and there is no way out. Life's trials and problems seem to crash upon us like the crashing waves of the sea. As soon as one problem comes and then receeds, another one is right behind it. We cry out for help and wonder if help will ever come, but the Psalmist let's us know that our help has arrived.
God knows me! He knows when I sit and when I rise, He knows my thoughts, He knows when I go out and when I lie down, He is familiar with all my ways. He hems me in and lays His hand upon me and there is no where I can go where He is not. If I go to heaven He is there, if my life seems like it is a living hell, He is there. Even in my darkest hour, He is the light around me and he shines in my darkness like the noon day sun.
I agree with the Psalmist, "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain."
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