Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy 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 high, I cannot attain unto 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 presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
If I take the wings of 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 would Thy hand lead 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.
And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';
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 too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast 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 will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that 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 frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought 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 did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written — even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be 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 but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies —
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 not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;
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 any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.
