Psalms 139
1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” O LORD! thou hast searched me and known me!
2 Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
Thou knowest my sitting-down and my rising-up; Thou understandest my thoughts from afar!
3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
Thou seest my path and my lying-down, And art acquainted with all my ways!
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
For before the word is upon my tongue, Behold, O LORD! thou knowest it altogether!
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.
Thou besettest me behind and before, And layest thine hand upon me!
6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, 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 thy presence?
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in the underworld, behold, thou art there! (Sheol h7585)
9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the remotest parts of the sea,
10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me!
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me;” Even the night shall be light about me.
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.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to thee!
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
For thou didst form my reins; Thou didst weave me in 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 praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvellous are thy works, And this my soul knoweth full 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 frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret. When I was curiously wrought in the lower 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 did see my substance, while yet unformed, And in thy book was every thing written; My days were appointed before one of them existed.
17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee!
19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God! Ye men of blood, depart from me!
20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly; Thine enemies utter thy name for falsehood.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
Do I not hate them that hate thee, O LORD? Do I not abhor them that rise up against thee?
22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
Yea, I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them mine enemies.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
Search me, O God! and know my heart; Try me, and know my thoughts;
24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
And see if the way of trouble be within me, And lead me in the way everlasting!
