Psalms 139
1 `To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
2 thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
3 Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.
Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
4 And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.
For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,
5 Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.
the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it.
The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it.
7 Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my 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 should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see.
If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
10 And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.
for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.
11 And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis.
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
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.
For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to thee].
13 For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.
For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from 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 will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well.
15 Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe.
My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts 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.
Thine eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them.
17 Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.
But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
18 I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
19 For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me.
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.
20 For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities in vain.
21 Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?
22 Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.
I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
23 God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis.
Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
24 And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.
and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
