Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
And you have foreseen all my ways. For there is no word in my tongue.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where will I go from your Spirit? And where will I flee from your face?
If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near. (Sheol h7585)
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
If I assume my feathers in early morning, and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
even there, your hand will lead me forth, and your right hand will hold me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, and night will illuminate like the day: for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower 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 imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. Their first ruler has been exceedingly 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 will be more numerous than the sand. I rose up, and 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, if only you would cut down sinners. You men of blood: depart from me.
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
For you say in thought: They will accept 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 those who hated you, Lord, 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 a perfect hatred, and they have become enemies to me.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Question 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 might be in me the way of iniquity, and lead me in the way of eternity.
