Fearfully and wonderfully made

 ^1-6 God, investigate our lives; get all the facts firsthand. 

   We're an open book to you; 
      even from a distance, you know what we're thinking. 
   You know when we leave and when we get back; 
      We're never out of your sight. 
   You know everything we're going to say 
      before we start the first sentence. 
   We look behind us and you're there, 
      then up ahead and you're there, too— 
      your reassuring presence, coming and going. 
   This is too much, too wonderful— 
      We can't take it all in! 

 ^7-12 Is there anyplace we can go to avoid your Spirit? 
      to be out of your sight? 
   If we climb to the sky, you're there! 
      If we go underground, you're there! 
   If we flew on morning's wings 
      to the far western horizon, 
   You'd find us in a minute— 
      you're already there waiting! 
   Then we said, "Oh, he even sees us in the dark! 
      At night we're immersed in the light!" 
   It's a fact: darkness isn't dark to you; 
      night and day, darkness and light, they're all the same to you. 

 ^13-16 Oh yes, you shaped us first inside, then out; 
      you formed us in our mothers' wombs. 
   We thank you, High God—you're breathtaking! 
      Body and soul, we are marvelously made! 
      We worship in adoration—what a creation! 
   You know us inside and out, 
      you know every bone in our bodies; 
   You know exactly how we were made, bit by bit, 
      how we were sculpted from nothing into something. 
   Like an open book, you watched us grow from conception to birth; 
      all the stages of our lives were spread out before you, 
   The days of our lives all prepared 
      before we'd even lived one day. 

 ^17-22 Your thoughts—how rare, how beautiful! 
      God, we'll never comprehend them! 
   We couldn't even begin to count them— 
      any more than we could count the sand of the sea. 
   Oh, let us rise in the morning and live always with you! 
      And please, God, do away with wickedness for good! 
   And you murderers—out of here!— 
      all the men and women who belittle you, God, 
      infatuated with cheap god-imitations. 
   See how we hate those who hate you, God, 
      see how we loathe all this godless arrogance; 
   We hate it with pure, unadulterated hatred. 
      Your enemies are our enemies! 

 ^23-24 Investigate our lives, O God, 
      find out everything about us; 
   Cross-examine and test us, 
      get a clear picture of what we're about; 
   See for yourself whether we've done anything wrong— 
      then guide us on the road to eternal life.  (Ps. 139, MSG, alt.)

All Knowing God,

We thank you, High God—you're breathtaking! 
Body and soul, we are marvelously made! 
We worship in adoration—what a creation! 
You know us inside and out, 
you know every bone in our bodies; 
You know exactly how we were made, bit by bit, 
how we were sculpted from nothing into something.

Let us rise in the morning and live always with you! 
And please, God, do away with wickedness for good! 

 Investigate our lives, O God, find out everything about us; 
Cross-examine and test us, get a clear picture of what we're about; 
See for yourself whether we've done anything wrong— 
      then guide us on the road to eternal life.

Prepare your Church worldwide for our next chapter of ministry.

Embolden its leaders to search for and serve you even more passionately and with even more humility.

Prepare pastors for the paths to which they are called

Stir up a hunger within your Church worldwide to seek you and follow you.

Stir up a hunger within your Church to see all the lost invited into relationship with you.

Pour out your Spirit on men and women, old and young alike; give us wisdom to know your road to eternal life.

Amen