Psalms 139
1 `To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
For the chief musician. A psalm of David. Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know me.
2 thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
You know when I sit down and when I get up; you understand my thoughts from far away.
3 Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.
You observe my path and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.
For before there is a word on my tongue, you know it completely, Yahweh.
5 Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.
Behind me and before me you surround me and place 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 much for me; it is too high, and I cannot reach it.
7 Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?
Where can I go from 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 up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, 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 fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea,
10 And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.
even there your hand will lead me, your right hand will hold on to me.
11 And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis.
If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will 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 would not be dark to you. The night would shine like the day, for 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.
You formed my inner parts; you formed 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 wonderfully made. My soul knows 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 bones were not hidden from you when I was made in private, when I was intricately made 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.
You saw me inside the womb; all the days assigned to me were recorded in your book even before the first one happened.
17 Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.
How precious are your thoughts to me, 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 tried to count them, they would be 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.
If only you would kill the wicked, God; get away from me, you violent men.
20 For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies tell lies.
21 Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?
Do I not hate those, Yahweh, who hate you? Do I not despise those who rise up against you?
22 Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.
I hate them completely; they have become my enemies.
23 God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis.
Examine me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
24 And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
