Psalms 139
1 For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me.
To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I get up; you understand my thoughts from far away.
Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
3 You observe my path and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
4 For before there is a word on my tongue, you know it completely, Yahweh.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
5 Behind me and before me you surround me and place your hand upon me.
Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
6 Such knowledge is too much for me; it is too high, and I cannot reach it.
Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,
Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
10 even there your hand will lead me, your right hand will hold on to me.
Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
11 If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will become night around me,”
If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
12 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.
Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
13 You formed my inner parts; you formed me in my mother's womb.
For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
14 I will praise you, for I am wonderfully made. My soul knows this very well.
I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
15 My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in private, when I was intricately made in the depths 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 You saw me inside the womb; all the days assigned to me were recorded in your book even before the first one happened.
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 How precious are your thoughts to me, God! How vast is their sum!
Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
18 If I tried to count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
19 If only you would kill the wicked, God; get away from me, you violent men.
Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
20 They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies tell lies.
Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
21 Do I not hate those, Yahweh, who hate you? Do I not despise those who rise up against you?
Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
22 I hate them completely; they have become my enemies.
I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
23 Examine me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
24 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
