Psalms 139
1 “For the leader of the music. 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 sitting-down and my rising-up; Thou understandest my thoughts from afar!
Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 Thou seest 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 before the word is upon my tongue, Behold, O LORD! thou knowest it altogether!
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Thou besettest me behind and before, And layest 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 to 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, And 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 into heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in the underworld, 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 remotest 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 didst form my reins; Thou didst weave 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 this my soul knoweth full well!
I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret. When I was curiously wrought in the lower 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, while yet unformed, And in thy book was every thing written; My days were appointed before one of them existed.
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 to me are thy thoughts, 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 would outnumber 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 O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God! Ye men of blood, depart from me!
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 For they speak against thee wickedly; Thine enemies utter thy name for falsehood.
Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 Do I not hate them that hate thee, O LORD? Do I not abhor them that rise up against thee?
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
22 Yea, 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 the way of trouble be within 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.
