Psalms 139
1 For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, you have proved me, and known me.
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
2 You know my down-sitting and mine up-rising: you understand my thoughts long before.
You have known my sitting down, And my rising up, You have attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 You have traced my path and my bed, and have foreseen all my ways.
You have fanned my path and my lying down, And have been acquainted [with] all my ways.
4 For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, you have known all things,
For there is not a word in my tongue, Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
5 the last and the first: you have fashioned me, and laid your hand upon me.
You have besieged me behind and before, And You place Your hand on me.
6 The knowledge of you is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I can’t [attain] to it.
Knowledge too wonderful for me, It has been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Whither shall I go from your Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
8 If I should go up to heaven, you are there: if I should go down to hell, you are present. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend the heavens—You [are] there, And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You! (Sheol h7585)
9 If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 for even there your hand would guide me, and your right hand would hold me.
Also there Your hand leads me, And Your right hand holds me.
11 When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” Then night [is] light to me.
12 For darkness will not be darkness with you; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to you].
Also darkness does not hide from You, And night shines as day, As [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 For you, O Lord, have possessed my reins; you have helped me from my mother's womb.
For You have possessed my reins, You cover me in my mother’s belly.
14 I will give you thanks; for you are fearfully wondrous; wondrous are your works; and my soul knows [it] well.
I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works [are] wonderful, And my soul is knowing [it] well.
15 My bones, which you made in secret were not hidden from you, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
My substance was not hid from You, When I was made in secret, Curiously worked in the lower part of earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in your book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one amongst them.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance, And all of them are written on Your scroll, The days they were formed—And not one among them.
17 But your friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, O God, how great has been their sum!
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with you.
I recount them! They are more than the sand, I have awoken, and I am still with You.
19 Oh that you would kill the wicked, O God; depart from me, you men of blood.
Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 For you will say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take your cities in vain.
Who exchange You for wickedness, Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate you? and wasted away because of your enemies?
Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?
22 I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, They have become enemies to me.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
24 and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a perpetual way!
