Psalms 139
1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
4 For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
6 O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there]; (Sheol h7585)
If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 [If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
11 And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
12 Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
15 My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all [my members] were written; [during many] days were they fashioned, when [as yet] there was none of them.
Thine eyes did see me, when I was without forme: for in thy booke were all things written, which in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them before.
17 But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
18 [If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
20 For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
