Psalms 139
1 O lord, you have searched me, and known me.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 You know my sitting down and mine rising up, you understand my thought far off.
Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, and art 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 on my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand upon 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 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 into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, 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 morning, 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.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth 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 hast possessed my reins: thou hast 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 praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth
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 substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and skilfully formed 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.
Thy eyes saw my substance, not yet formed; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, 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.
If I should 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 wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name 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 not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them 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.
