Psalms 139
1 To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
`To victorie, the salm of Dauith. Lord, thou hast preued me, and hast knowe me;
2 Thou — Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
3 My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge.
5 Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.
6 Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it.
7 Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
Whidir schal Y go fro thi spirit; and whider schal Y fle fro thi face?
8 If I ascend the heavens — there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! (Sheol h7585)
If Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see.
10 Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me.
11 And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis.
12 Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
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.
13 For Thou — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
For thou haddist in possessioun my reines; thou tokist me vp fro the wombe of my modir.
14 I confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] well.
I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful miche.
15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe.
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.
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.
17 And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche.
18 I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee.
19 Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me.
20 Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies.
For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite.
21 Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes?
22 [With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis.
24 And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei.
