Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
You know when I sit down and when I get up; you understand my thoughts from far away.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
You observe my path and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
For before there is a word on my tongue, you know it completely, Yahweh.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Behind me and before me you surround me and place 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 much for me; it is too high, and I cannot reach it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
If I ascend up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, 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 fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
even there your hand will lead me, your right hand will hold on to me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will become night around me,”
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 would not be dark to you. The night would shine like the day, for 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.
You formed my inner parts; you formed 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 wonderfully made. My soul knows this very 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 private, when I was intricately made 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.
You saw me inside the womb; all the days assigned to me were recorded in your book even before the first one happened.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
How precious are your thoughts to me, God! How vast is their sum!
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
If I tried to count them, they would be 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:
If only you would kill the wicked, God; get away from me, you violent men.
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies tell lies.
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, Yahweh, who hate you? Do I not despise those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
I hate them completely; they have become my enemies.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Examine me, God, and 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.
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
