Psalms 139
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me.
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated.
Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 And you have foreseen all my ways. For there is no word in my tongue.
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.
Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 Where will I go from your Spirit? And where will I flee from your face?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I assume my feathers in early morning, and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,
If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 even there, your hand will lead me forth, and your right hand will hold me.
Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.
And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, and night will illuminate like the day: for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.
But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
13 For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
14 I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.
I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
15 My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth.
My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17 But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. Their first ruler has been exceedingly strengthened.
But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
18 I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand. I rose up, and I am still with you.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
19 O God, if only you would cut down sinners. You men of blood: depart from me.
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 For you say in thought: They will accept your cities in vain.
Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, and wasted away because of your enemies?
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred, and they have become enemies to me.
I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Question me, and know my paths.
Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
24 And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, and lead me in the way of eternity.
And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
