Psalms 139
1 O Jehovah, thou have searched me, and known.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
2 Thou know my sitting down and my rising up. Thou understand my thought afar off.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up rising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, thou know it altogether.
For [there is] not a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou have beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain to it.
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] to it.
7 Where shall I go from thy Spirit? Or where shall I flee from thy presence?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou are there. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there]. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the outermost parts of the sea,
[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light around me shall be night,
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 even the darkness hides not from thee, but the night shines as the day. The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Yes, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
13 For thou formed my inward parts. Thou covered me in my mother's womb.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will give thanks to thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are thy works, and that my soul knows right well.
I will praise thee: for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: wonderful [are] thy works; and [that] my soul well knoweth.
15 My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret, [and] curiously formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes saw my unformed substance, and in thy book they were all written, even the days that were ordained, when as yet there was none of them.
Thy eyes saw my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 I count them; they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take it in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thy enemies take [thy name] in vain.
21 Do I not hate them, O Jehovah, who hate thee? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against thee?
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts:
24 and see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting.
And see if [there is any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
