Psalms 139
1 O lord, you have searched me, and known me.
To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up, you understand my thought afar off.
Thou — Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
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, see, O LORD, you know it altogether.
For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
5 You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand on me.
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.
Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?
Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
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 the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! (Sheol h7585)
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
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.
Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me in my mother’s womb.
For Thou — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
14 I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right 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 substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously worked in the lowest parts of the earth.
My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of 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.
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 How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum 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 more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.
I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
19 Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men.
Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] 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, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
[With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try 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 a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
