Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
`To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?
If Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see.
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis.
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
For whi derknessis schulen not be maad derk fro thee, aud the niyt schal be liytned as the dai; as the derknessis therof, so and the liyt therof.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful miche.
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe.
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.
Thin iyen sien myn vnperfit thing, and alle men schulen be writun in thi book; daies schulen be formed, and no man is in tho.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me.
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
21 Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis.
24 And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.
