Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
O lord, you have searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
You know my sitting down and mine rising up, you understand my thought far off.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
You compass my path and my lying down, and are 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, you know it altogether.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
You have beset me behind and before, and laid your 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; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are 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 shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me 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 praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are your works; and that my soul knows 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 substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the low 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 did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance 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 precious also are your 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 should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, 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:
Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, all of you bloody men.
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name 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?
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
I hate them with perfect 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 wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
