Psalms 139
1 `To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.
You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4 And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11 And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12 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.
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
13 For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful miche.
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
15 Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe.
My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 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.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
17 Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee.
If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
19 For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me.
O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22 Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
23 God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24 And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
