Children's Bible

<h3>GOD THE ALL-SEEING</h3> <div class='poem'> O Lord, thou searchest and knowest me,<br/> Whether I sit or stand, thou knowest,<br/> Thou readest my thought afar off,<br/> When I walk or lie down thou dost know it.<br/> <br/> Thou knowest all my ways.<br/> There is not a word on my tongue<br/> That thou, O Lord, dost not know!<br/> Behind and before thou enfoldest me,<br/> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_196" id="Page_196">[196]</SPAN></span>Over me thou dost lay thy hand.<br/> Such knowledge for me is too wonderful!<br/> Too high, I cannot attain it.<br/> <br/> Where shall I go from thy spirit,<br/> Where shall I flee from thy presence?<br/> If I climb into heaven, thou art there,<br/> If I lie down in the grave, thou art there.<br/> Should I take the wings of the morning,<br/> And dwell on the most distant sea,<br/> Even there thy hand would grasp me,<br/> Thy right hand would hold me fast.<br/> <br/> If I say, "The darkness will hide me,<br/> And the night throw its curtain about me,"<br/> Even darkness for thee is not dark,<br/> But the night shines clear as the day.<br/> <br/> Thou didst form my vital parts,<br/> Thou didst make me from the beginning,<br/> I thank thee, for I am wonderfully made;<br/> Fearful and marvellous are thy works.<br/> <br/> How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God!<br/> How great is the sum of them all!<br/> Should I count them, they would be more than the sand;<br/> When I awake, I am still with thee.<br/> <br/> Search me, O God, and know my heart,<br/> Try me, and know my secret thoughts,<br/> And see if I have any evil in me,<br/> And lead me in the way to eternal life.<br/></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_197" id="Page_197">[197]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />