Psalms 139
1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 Thou — Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11 And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
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 — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] well.
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
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 Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed — And not one among them.
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 And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still 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 Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22 [With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
