Psalms 139
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me.
2 You have known my sitting down, And my rising up, You have attended to my thoughts from afar.
You know when I sit down and when I get up; you understand my thoughts from far away.
3 You have fanned my path and my lying down, And have been acquainted [with] all my ways.
You observe my path and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
For before there is a word on my tongue, you know it completely, Yahweh.
5 You have besieged me behind and before, And You place Your hand on me.
Behind me and before me you surround me and place your 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 much for me; it is too high, and I cannot reach it.
7 To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your 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 to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
If I fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,
10 Also there Your hand leads me, And Your right hand holds me.
even there your hand will lead me, your right hand will hold on to me.
11 And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” Then night [is] light to me.
If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will become night around me,”
12 Also darkness does not hide from You, And night shines as day, As [is] darkness so [is] light.
even the darkness would not be dark to you. The night would shine like the day, for the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
13 For You have possessed my reins, You cover me in my mother’s belly.
You formed my inner parts; you formed 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 you, for I am wonderfully made. My soul knows this very well.
15 My substance was not hid from You, When I was made in secret, Curiously worked in the lower part of earth.
My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in private, when I was intricately made in the depths 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.
You saw me inside the womb; all the days assigned to me were recorded in your book even before the first one happened.
17 And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, O God, how great has been their sum!
How precious are your thoughts to me, God! How vast is their sum!
18 I recount them! They are more than the sand, I have awoken, and I am still with You.
If I tried to count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
19 Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
If only you would kill the wicked, God; get away from me, you violent men.
20 Who exchange You for wickedness, Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies tell lies.
21 Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?
Do I not hate those, Yahweh, who hate you? Do I not despise those who rise up against you?
22 I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, They have become enemies to me.
I hate them completely; they have become my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
Examine me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a perpetual way!
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
