Psalms 139
1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Thou — Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
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 the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! (Sheol h7585)
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
12 even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
For Thou — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
14 I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
I confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] 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 substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of 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.
Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed — And not one among them.
17 How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been 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.
I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
19 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
[With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
24 See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
