Psalms 139
1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
in finem David psalmus
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.
Domine probasti me et cognovisti me tu cognovisti sessionem meam et surrectionem meam
3 Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether.
et omnes vias meas praevidisti quia non est sermo in lingua mea
5 Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.
ecce Domine tu cognovisti omnia novissima et antiqua tu formasti me et posuisti super me manum tuam
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.
mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me confortata est non potero ad eam
7 Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
quo ibo ab spiritu tuo et quo a facie tua fugiam
8 If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
si ascendero in caelum tu illic es si descendero ad infernum ades (Sheol h7585)
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
si sumpsero pinnas meas diluculo et habitavero in extremis maris
10 Even there would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me.
etenim illuc manus tua deducet me et tenebit me dextera tua
11 And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';
et dixi forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt me et nox inluminatio in deliciis meis
12 Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.
quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te et nox sicut dies inluminabitur sicut tenebrae eius ita et lumen eius
13 For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.
quia tu possedisti renes meos suscepisti me de utero matris meae
14 I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
confitebor tibi quia terribiliter magnificatus es mirabilia opera tua et anima mea cognoscit nimis
15 My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
non est occultatum os meum a te quod fecisti in occulto et substantia mea in inferioribus terrae
16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written — even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
inperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui et in libro tuo omnes scribentur die formabuntur et nemo in eis
17 How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui Deus nimis confirmati sunt principatus eorum
18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.
dinumerabo eos et super harenam multiplicabuntur exsurrexi et adhuc sum tecum
19 If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
si occideris Deus peccatores et viri sanguinum declinate a me
20 Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies —
quia dices in cogitatione accipient in vanitate civitates tuas
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?
nonne qui oderunt te Domine oderam et super inimicos tuos tabescebam
22 I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.
perfecto odio oderam illos inimici facti sunt mihi
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;
proba me Deus et scito cor meum interroga me et cognosce semitas meas
24 And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.
et vide si via iniquitatis in me est et deduc me in via aeterna
