Psalms 139
1 For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, you have proved me, and known me.
`To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
2 You know my down-sitting and mine up-rising: you understand my thoughts long before.
thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
3 You have traced my path and my bed, and have foreseen all my ways.
Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.
4 For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, you have known all things,
And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.
5 the last and the first: you have fashioned me, and laid your hand upon me.
Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.
6 The knowledge of you is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I can’t [attain] to it.
Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it.
7 Whither shall I go from your Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi 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 Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou art present. (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],
If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see.
10 for even there your hand would guide me, and your right hand would hold me.
And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.
11 When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis.
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].
For whi derknessis schulen not be maad derk fro thee, aud the niyt schal be liytned as the dai; as the derknessis therof, so and the liyt therof.
13 For you, O Lord, have possessed my reins; you have helped me from my mother's womb.
For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.
14 I will give you thanks; for you are fearfully wondrous; wondrous are your works; and my soul knows [it] well.
I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful miche.
15 My bones, which you made in secret were not hidden from you, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe.
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.
Thin iyen sien myn vnperfit thing, and alle men schulen be writun in thi book; daies schulen be formed, and no man is in tho.
17 But your friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with you.
I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee.
19 Oh that you would kill the wicked, O God; depart from me, you men of blood.
For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me.
20 For you will say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take your cities in vain.
For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate you? and wasted away because of your enemies?
Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?
22 I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis.
24 and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.
