Psalms 139

1 O lord, you have searched me, and known me.

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].

2 You know my sitting down and my rising up, you understand my thought afar off.

Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;

3 You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, see, O LORD, you know it altogether.

For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

5 You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand on me.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.

O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.

7 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. (Sheol h7585)

If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there]; (Sheol h7585)

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

[If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

12 Yes, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.

Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

13 For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me in my mother’s womb.

For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.

I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously worked in the lowest parts of the earth.

My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all [my members] were written; [during many] days were they fashioned, when [as yet] there was none of them.

17 How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.

[If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.

19 Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men.

Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.

20 For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.

For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.

21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?

Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.

I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;

24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.