One of my Favorite Passages

Psalm 139

O Lord, 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, 

O Lord.

You hem me in - behind and before; 

you have laid your hand upon me.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, 

too loft for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

If I go up to the heavens, you are there;

 if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, 

if I settle on the far side of the sea, 

even there your hand will guide me,

your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"

even the darkness will not be dark to you; 

the night will shine like the day,

for darkness is as light to you.

FOR YOU CREATED MY INMOST BEING;

YOU KNIT ME TOGETHER IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB.

I PRAISE YOU FOR I AM FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE;

YOUR WORKS ARE WONDERFUL,

I KNOW THAT FULL WELL.

MY FRAME IS NOT HIDDEN FROM YOU WHEN I WAS MADE IN THE SECRET PLACE.

WHEN I WAS WOVEN TOGETHER IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH,

YOUR EYES SAW MY UNFORMED BODY.

ALL THE DAYS ORDAINED FOR ME WERE WRITTEN IN YOUR BOOK

BEFORE ONE OF THEM CAME TO BE.

HOW PRECIOUS TO ME ARE YOUR THOUGHTS, O GOD!

HOW VAST IS THE SUM OF THEM!

WERE I TO COUNT THEM, THEY WOULD OUTNUMBER THE GRAINS OF SAND.

WHEN I AWAKE,

I AM STILL WITH YOU.

If only you would slay the wicked, O God!

Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

They speak of you with evil intent;

your adversaries misuse your name.

Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord,

and abhor those who rise up against you?

I have nothing but hatred for them;

I count them my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.

Matthew 7:1-5

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged.  For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.  Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?  How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck our of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?  You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

WOW!!!

As stated in my Life Application Bible:

Jesus tells us to examine our own motives and conduct instead of judging others.  The traits that bother us in others are often the habits we dislike in ourselves.  Our untamed bad habits and behavior patterns are the very ones that we most want to change in others.  Do you find it easy to magnify others' faults while excusing your own?  If you are ready to criticize someone, check to see if you deserve the same criticism.  Judge yourself first, and then lovingly forgive and help your neighbor.