Psalms 139
1 O lord, you have searched me, and known me.
O Jehovah, thou have searched me, and known.
2 You know my sitting down and mine rising up, you understand my thought far off.
Thou know my sitting down and my rising up. Thou understand my thought afar off.
3 You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Thou search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, thou know it altogether.
5 You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.
Thou have 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 unto it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain to it.
7 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence?
Where shall I go from thy Spirit? Or where shall I 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 heaven, thou are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou are 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 morning, and dwell in the outermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
even there thy hand shall 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.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light around me shall be night,
12 Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
even the darkness hides not from thee, but the night shines as the day. The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me in my mother's womb.
For thou formed my inward parts. Thou covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.
I will give thanks to thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are thy works, and that my soul knows right well.
15 My substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the low parts of the earth.
My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lowest 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 saw my unformed substance, and in thy book they were all written, even the days that were ordained, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
How precious also are thy thoughts to 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.
I 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, all of you bloody men.
Surely thou will kill the wicked, O God. Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
20 For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take it in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?
Do I not hate them, O Jehovah, who hate thee? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
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 there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting.
