Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Thou — Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
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, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
If I ascend the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! (Sheol h7585)
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For Thou — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
I confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] 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 Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of 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.
Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed — And not one among them.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
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, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
[With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
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 a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
