Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your 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, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
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 is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together 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 praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very 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 You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths 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.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name 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 those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as 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; test me and know my concerns.
24 And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
