Psalms 139
1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
2 Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,
5 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.
the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
12 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.
For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to thee].
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well.
15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
Thine eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them.
17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.
20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities in vain.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?
22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
