Psalms 139
1 `To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
O lord, you have searched me, and known me.
2 thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
You know my sitting down and mine rising up, you understand my thought far off.
3 Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.
You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, you know it altogether.
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 have beset me behind and before, and 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; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?
Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall 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 up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, 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 take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.
Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
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 shall cover me; even the night shall be light about 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.
Yea, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you.
13 For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.
For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me 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 will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are your works; and that my soul knows right well.
15 Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe.
My substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the low 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.
your eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.
How precious also are your thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee.
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you.
19 For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me.
Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, all of you bloody men.
20 For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you?
22 Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine 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: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
