Psalms 139
1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast 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.
Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy 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; it is high, I cannot attain to it.
7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
Where shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence?
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 make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
If I take the wings of 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 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.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both 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 covered me 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 will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth
15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and skilfully formed in the lowest 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 saw my substance, not yet formed; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 [With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them 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: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
