Psalms 139
1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 Thou — Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
8 If I ascend the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
13 For Thou — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from 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 will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts 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.
Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17 And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
18 I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
19 Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
22 [With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
