Skipping the references to O Lord Psalm 139 reads like this:
*You have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely.
You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. *
Pretty obvious and pretty damn creepy if you ask me.
What other surprises does that black book hold?
Go, thou, and read the Song of Solomon which is the song of songs.
Best book in the whole Bible for making a not-so-well-read fundamentalist’s eyes pop right out of their head when they realize there’s erotic poetry in their Bible. AND it talks about naughty bits.
Can’t tell you how much fun I’ve had in pointing out the “Bible porn.” Alas, that my pastor was wise enough to immediately forbid me the use of anything from Song of Solomon for my confirmation verse. I was thinking of maybe “I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh.”
psalm 137:9