Psalms 139
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. LORD, you have searched 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 my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You have fanned my path and my lying down, And have been acquainted [with] all my ways.
You 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, Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, LORD, you know it altogether.
5 You have besieged me behind and before, And You place Your hand on me.
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It has been set on high, I am not able for it.
This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
7 To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could 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 into heaven, 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 take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Also there Your hand leads me, And Your right hand holds me.
even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
11 And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” Then night [is] light to me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
12 Also darkness does not hide from You, And night shines as day, As [is] darkness so [is] light.
even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
13 For You have possessed my reins, You cover me in my mother’s belly.
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together 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 give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that 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 frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together 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.
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
17 And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, O God, how great has been their sum!
How precious to me are your thoughts, 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 would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 Who exchange You for wickedness, Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?
LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, They have become enemies to me.
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, 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!
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
