Psalms 139
1 For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me.
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
2 You know when I sit down and when I get up; you understand my thoughts from far away.
You have known my sitting down, And my rising up, You have attended to my thoughts from afar.
3 You observe my path and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
You have fanned my path and my lying down, And have been acquainted [with] all my ways.
4 For before there is a word on my tongue, you know it completely, Yahweh.
For there is not a word in my tongue, Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
5 Behind me and before me you surround me and place your hand upon me.
You have besieged me behind and before, And You place Your hand on me.
6 Such knowledge is too much for me; it is too high, and I cannot reach it.
Knowledge too wonderful for me, It has been set on high, I am not able for it.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
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 ascend the heavens—You [are] there, And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You! (Sheol h7585)
9 If I fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,
I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
10 even there your hand will lead me, your right hand will hold on to me.
Also there Your hand leads me, And Your right hand holds me.
11 If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will become night around me,”
And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” Then night [is] light to 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.
Also darkness does not hide from You, And night shines as day, As [is] darkness so [is] light.
13 You formed my inner parts; you formed me in my mother's womb.
For You have possessed my reins, You cover me in my mother’s belly.
14 I will praise you, for I am wonderfully made. My soul knows this very well.
I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works [are] wonderful, And my soul is knowing [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 substance was not hid from You, When I was made in secret, Curiously worked in the lower part of 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.
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.
17 How precious are your thoughts to me, God! How vast is their sum!
And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, O God, how great has been their sum!
18 If I tried to count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
I recount them! They are more than the sand, I have awoken, and I am still with You.
19 If only you would kill the wicked, God; get away from me, you violent men.
Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
20 They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies tell lies.
Who exchange You for wickedness, Your enemies [are] lifted up to vanity.
21 Do I not hate those, Yahweh, who hate you? Do I not despise those who rise up against you?
Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?
22 I hate them completely; they have become my enemies.
I have hated them [with] perfect hatred, They have become enemies to me.
23 Examine me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
24 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a perpetual way!
