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, you have proved me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
You know my down-sitting and mine up-rising: you understand my thoughts long before.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
You have traced my path and my bed, and have 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, you have known all things,
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
the last and the first: you have fashioned me, and laid your hand upon me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
The knowledge of you is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I can’t [attain] to it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Whither shall I go from your Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
If I should go up to heaven, you are there: if I should go down to hell, you are 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 your hand would guide me, and your 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 you; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to you].
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For you, O Lord, have possessed my reins; you have 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 you thanks; for you are fearfully wondrous; wondrous are your 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 you made in secret were not hidden from you, 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.
Your eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in your book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one amongst them.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
But your 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 you.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
Oh that you would kill the wicked, O God; depart from me, you men of blood.
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
For you will say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take your 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 you? and wasted away because of your 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.
