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 down-sitting and my up rising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
Thou compassest 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?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither 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.
Yes, 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: wonderful [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] curiously 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, yet being imperfect; 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.
