Psalms 139
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
3 You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
4 Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there]; (Sheol h7585)
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
[If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
12 even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
13 For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
14 I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all [my members] were written; [during many] days were they fashioned, when [as yet] there was none of them.
17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
[If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
19 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
24 See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
