Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know [everything about] me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
You know when I sit down and when I stand up. [Even though you are] far away from me, you know what I am thinking.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
When I travel and when I lie down, you know everything that I do.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
Yahweh, even before I say [MTY] anything, you know everything that I am going to say!
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
You protect me on all sides; you put your hand on me [to protect me with your power] [MTY].
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
I am not able to understand that you know [everything about me]. That is too great for me to really understand.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
(Where could I go to escape from your Spirit?/I could not go anywhere to escape from your Spirit.) [RHQ] (Where could I go to get away from you?/I could not go anywhere to get away from you.) [RHQ]
If I went up to heaven, you would be there. If I lay down in the place where the dead people are, you would be there. (Sheol h7585)
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
If I had wings and flew very far east [MTY], or if I flew west and made a place to live [on an island] in the ocean,
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
you would be there also, to lead me by your hand, and you would help me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
I could request the darkness to hide me, or I could request the light around me to become darkness,
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
but even [if that happened], the darkness would not be darkness for you! For you, the night is [as bright] as the daytime is, because for you, daylight and darkness are (not different/the same).
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
You created [all] the parts of my body; you put [the parts of] my body together when I was still 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 praise you because you made my [body in a very] awesome and wonderful way. Everything that you do is amazing! I know that very well.
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
When my body was being formed, while it was being put together where no one else could see it, you saw it!
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.
You saw me before I was born. You wrote in your book the number of days that you had decided that I would live. You did that before any of those days had [even] started!
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
God, what you think about me is very precious (OR, is very hard to understand). There is a great number of things that you think about.
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
If I could count them, [I would see that] they are more than the grains of sand [at the seashore]. And when I wake up, I am still with you [and I know that there are still more of your thoughts about me to count].
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
God, I desire that you would kill all the wicked people! And I wish that violent [MTY] men would (leave/go away from) me.
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
They say wicked/malicious things about you; they slander your name.
21 Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
Yahweh, I certainly [RHQ] hate those who hate you! And I despise [RHQ] those who rebel against you.
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
I hate them completely, and I consider that they are my enemies.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
God, search my inner being; find out what I am thinking!
24 And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
Find out whether there is anything evil in my [inner being], and lead me along the road [that leads to my being with you] forever.
