Psalms 139
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 [Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there]. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 [If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Even there also 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 I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
18 [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
24 And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
