Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
For the leader. Of David, a psalm. O Lord, you search and know me;
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
when I sit, when I rise you know it, you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
When I walk, when I lie you sift it, familiar with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
There is not a word on my tongue, but see! Lord, you know it all.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Behind and before you beset me, upon me you lay your hand.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
It’s too wonderful for me to know too lofty I cannot attain it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Whither shall I go from your spirit? Or whither shall I flee from your face?
If I climb up to heaven, you are there: or make Sheol my bed, 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 lift up the wings of the morning and fly to the end of the sea,
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
there also your hand would grasp me, and your right hand take hold of me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
If I say, “Let the darkness cover me, and night be the 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.
The dark is not dark for you, but night is as light as the day.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For you did put me together; in my mother’s womb you did weave me.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
I give you praise for my fashioning so full of awe, so wonderful. Your works are wonderful. You knew me 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 bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret, and woven in the depths 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 all my days: they stood on your book every one written down, before they were fashioned, while none of them yet was mine.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
But how far, O God, beyond measure are your thoughts! How mighty their sum!
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
Should I count, they are more than the sand. When I wake, 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:
Will you slay the wicked, O God? And remove from me the bloodthirsty,
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
who maliciously defy you and 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 I not hate those who hate you, Lord? Do I not loathe those who resist you?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
With perfect hatred I hate them, I count them my enemies.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Search me, O God, know my heart: test 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 guile be in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.
