Psalms 139
1 To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
You have known my sitting down, And my rising up, You have attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
You have fanned my path and my lying down, And have been 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, Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
You have besieged me behind and before, And You place Your hand on me.
6 O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
Knowledge too wonderful for me, It has been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
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 the heavens—You [are] there, And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You! (Sheol h7585)
9 [If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Also there Your hand leads me, And Your right hand holds me.
11 And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” Then night [is] light to me.
12 Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
Also darkness does not hide from You, And night shines as day, As [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
For You have possessed my reins, You cover me in my mother’s belly.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works [are] wonderful, And my soul is knowing [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 substance was not hid from You, When I was made in secret, Curiously worked in the lower part of 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 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 how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, O God, how great has been their sum!
18 [If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
I recount them! They are more than the sand, I have awoken, and I am still with You.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
Who exchange You for wickedness, Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, They have become enemies to me.
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 a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a perpetual way!
