Psalms 139

1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].

O lord, you have searched me, and known me.

2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;

You know my sitting down and my rising up, you understand my thought afar off.

3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;

You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

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, see, O LORD, you know it altogether.

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.

You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand on me.

6 O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?

Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your 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 ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. (Sheol h7585)

9 [If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

11 And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

Yes, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me in my mother’s womb.

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 you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right 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 substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously worked in the lowest parts of 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.

Your eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum 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 more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.

19 Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.

Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men.

20 For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.

For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.

21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

24 And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.