I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night—
but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
O LORD, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
The LORD’S home reaches up to the heavens,
while its foundation is on the earth.
He draws up water from the oceans
and pours it down as rain on the land.
The LORD is his name!
You will keep in perfect peace
all who trust in you,
all whose thoughts are fixed on you!
Trust in the LORD always,
for the LORD GOD is the
eternal Rock.
The LORD says,
“I was ready to respond,
but no one asked for help.
I was ready to be found,
but no one was looking for me.
I said, ‘Here I am, here I am!’
to a nation that did not call on my name.
If I had not confessed the sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
But God did listen!
He paid attention to my prayer.
He will once again fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.
Job 8:21
Who else has held the oceans in his hand?
Who has measured off the heavens with his fingers?
Who else knows the weight the earth
or has weighed the mountains and hills on a scale?
But you, O LORD, are a shield around me;
you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.
I cried out to the LORD,
and he answered me from his holy mountain.
I lay down and slept,
yet I woke up in safety,
for the LORD was watching over me.
Now all glory to God,
who is able,
through his mighty power at work within us,
to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.
