Psalms 139
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
You know when I sit down and when I get up; you understand my thoughts from far away.
3 You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
You observe my path and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
For before there is a word on my tongue, you know it completely, Yahweh.
5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
Behind me and before me you surround me and place your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Such knowledge is too much for me; it is too high, and I cannot reach it.
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your 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 to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
If I fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,
10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
even there your hand will lead me, your right hand will hold on to me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will become night around me,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
even the darkness would not be dark to you. The night would shine like the day, for the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
13 For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
You formed my inner parts; you formed 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 you, for I am wonderfully made. My soul knows this very 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 you when I was made in private, when I was intricately made in the depths 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.
You saw me inside the womb; all the days assigned to me were recorded in your book even before the first one happened.
17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
How precious are your thoughts to me, God! How vast is their sum!
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 tried to count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
19 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
If only you would kill the wicked, God; get away from me, you violent men.
20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies tell lies.
21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
Do I not hate those, Yahweh, who hate you? Do I not despise those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
I hate them completely; they have become my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Examine me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
