Psalms 139
1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
`To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
2 You have known my sitting down, And my rising up, You have attended to my thoughts from afar.
thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
3 You have fanned my path and my lying down, And have been acquainted [with] all my ways.
Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.
5 You have besieged me behind and before, And You place Your hand on me.
Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It has been set on high, I am not able for it.
Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it.
7 To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?
8 If I ascend the heavens—You [are] there, And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You! (Sheol h7585)
If Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see.
10 Also there Your hand leads me, And Your right hand holds me.
And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.
11 And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” Then night [is] light to me.
And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis.
12 Also darkness does not hide from You, And night shines as day, As [is] darkness so [is] light.
For whi derknessis schulen not be maad derk fro thee, aud the niyt schal be liytned as the dai; as the derknessis therof, so and the liyt therof.
13 For You have possessed my reins, You cover me in my mother’s belly.
For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.
14 I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works [are] wonderful, And my soul is knowing [it] well.
I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful miche.
15 My substance was not hid from You, When I was made in secret, Curiously worked in the lower part of earth.
Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe.
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.
Thin iyen sien myn vnperfit thing, and alle men schulen be writun in thi book; daies schulen be formed, and no man is in tho.
17 And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, O God, how great has been their sum!
Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.
18 I recount them! They are more than the sand, I have awoken, and I am still with You.
I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee.
19 Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me.
20 Who exchange You for wickedness, Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
21 Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?
Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?
22 I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, They have become enemies to me.
Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis.
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a perpetual way!
And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.
