Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
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 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost 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 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
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 reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from 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 thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well.
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in 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 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 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 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and 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:
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities 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?
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
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] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
