Psalm 139 (Adapted)

You search for us, God and know us. Wherever we sit or stand,
You read our inmost thoughts, whenever we walk or rest,
You know where we have been.

Before a word slips from the tongue,
Lord, you know what we will say,
You close in on us, pressing your hands upon ours.
All this is overwhelming-
Too much to understand!

Where can we hide from you?
How can we escape your presence?
We scale the heavens, you are there!
We plunge the depths, you are there!

If we fly towards the dawn, or settle across the sea,
Even there you take hold of us.
Your right hand directs us.

If we think night will hide us and darkness give us cover,
We find darkness is no dark. For your night shines like day,
Darkness and light are one.

You created every part of us,
Knitting us together in our own mother’s wombs,
For such handiwork, we praise you.
Awesome this great wonder!
We see it so clearly!

You watched every bone taking shape in secret,
forming in the hidden depths.
You saw our bodies grow according to your design.

You recorded all our days before they ever begun.
How deep are your thoughts! How vast there sum!
Like countless grains of sand, well beyond our grasp.

Search our heart, Probe us, God!
Lead us along your ancient way.