< Psalms 139 >
1 For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
3 Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
4 For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,
5 the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
8 If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present. (Sheol )
9 If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
10 for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.
11 When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
12 For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to thee].
13 For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.
14 I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well.
15 My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them.
17 But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.
20 For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities in vain.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?
22 I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
24 and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
