Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
O Jehovah, thou have searched me, and known.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Thou know my sitting down and my rising up. Thou understand my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
Thou search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, thou know it altogether.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Thou have beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain to it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where shall I go from thy Spirit? Or where shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the outermost parts of the sea,
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light around me shall be night,
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
even the darkness hides not from thee, but the night shines as the day. The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For thou formed my inward parts. Thou covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
I will give thanks to thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are thy works, and that my soul knows right well.
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 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.
Thine eyes saw my unformed substance, and in thy book they were all written, even the days that were ordained, when as yet there was none of them.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
I count them; they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
Surely thou will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take it in vain.
21 Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
Do I not hate them, O Jehovah, who hate thee? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Search me, O God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts,
24 And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
and see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting.
