Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach 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? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into 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 take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
Even there also shall thy hand 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.
And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected 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 praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth 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 bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in 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.
Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is 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 shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up 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:
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
Because you say in thought: They shall receive 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 hated thee: and pine away because of thy 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 are become enemies to me.
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 be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
