Psalms 139
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
2 You have known my sitting down, And my rising up, You have attended to my thoughts from afar.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 You have fanned my path and my lying down, And have been acquainted [with] all my ways.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 You have besieged me behind and before, And You place Your hand on me.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It has been set on high, I am not able for it.
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
7 To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend the heavens—You [are] there, And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You! (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there]. (Sheol h7585)
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Also there Your hand leads me, And Your right hand holds me.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” Then night [is] light to me.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Also darkness does not hide from You, And night shines as day, As [is] darkness so [is] light.
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 cover me in my mother’s belly.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works [are] wonderful, And my soul is knowing [it] well.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] 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, Curiously worked in the lower part of earth.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance, And all of them are written on Your scroll, The days they were formed—And not one among them.
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.
17 And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, O God, how great has been their sum!
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 I recount them! They are more than the sand, I have awoken, and 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 Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 Who exchange You for wickedness, Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
21 Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, They have become enemies to me.
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count 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: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a perpetual way!
And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
