Psalms 139
1 To the Chief Musician, David’s. A Melody. O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
2 Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:
Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
3 My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest.
Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
4 Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, [but] behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
5 Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand: —
Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
6 Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it!
Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
7 Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee?
Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee! (Sheol h7585)
If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I mount the wings of the dawn, settle down in the region beyond the sea,
Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
10 Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
11 If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me.
If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
12 Even darkness, will not conceal from thee, —but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!
Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
13 For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother.
For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
14 I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing [them] intently!
I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, —when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.
My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
16 Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written, —the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.
Thine eyes did see me, when I was without forme: for in thy booke were all things written, which in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them before.
17 To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them!
Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
18 I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself—and am still with thee.
If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
19 Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!
Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
20 For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up [their hand] unto falsehood.
Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
21 Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee?
Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
22 With completeness of hatred, I hate them, As enemies, have they become to me.
I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
23 Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;
Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
24 And see if there be any idol-way in me, and lead me in a way age-abiding.
And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
