Psalms 139
1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me.
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
2 You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
You have known my sitting down, And my rising up, You have attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated.
You have fanned my path and my lying down, And have been acquainted [with] all my ways.
4 And you have foreseen all my ways. For there is no word in my tongue.
For there is not a word in my tongue, Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
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.
You have besieged me behind and before, And You place Your hand on me.
6 Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.
Knowledge too wonderful for me, It has been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Where will I go from your Spirit? And where will I flee from your face?
To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
If I ascend the heavens—You [are] there, And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You! (Sheol h7585)
9 If I assume my feathers in early morning, and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,
I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 even there, your hand will lead me forth, and your right hand will hold me.
Also there Your hand leads me, And Your right hand holds me.
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.
And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” Then night [is] light to me.
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.
Also darkness does not hide from You, And night shines as day, As [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
For You have possessed my reins, You cover me in my mother’s belly.
14 I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.
I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works [are] wonderful, And my soul is knowing [it] 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 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 imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in 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 to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. Their first ruler has been exceedingly 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 will be more numerous than the sand. I rose up, and I am still with you.
I recount them! They are more than the sand, I have awoken, and I am still with You.
19 O God, if only you would cut down sinners. You men of blood: depart from me.
Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 For you say in thought: They will accept your cities in vain.
Who exchange You for wickedness, Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
21 Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, 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 a perfect hatred, and they have become enemies to me.
I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, They have become enemies to me.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Question me, and know my paths.
Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
24 And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, and lead me in the way of eternity.
And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a perpetual way!
