Psalmorum 139
1 in finem David psalmus
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 Domine probasti me et cognovisti me tu cognovisti sessionem meam et surrectionem meam
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti
You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4 et omnes vias meas praevidisti quia non est sermo in lingua mea
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 ecce Domine tu cognovisti omnia novissima et antiqua tu formasti me et posuisti super me manum tuam
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me confortata est non potero ad eam
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 quo ibo ab spiritu tuo et quo a facie tua fugiam
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. (Sheol h7585)
9 si sumpsero pinnas meas diluculo et habitavero in extremis maris
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 etenim illuc manus tua deducet me et tenebit me dextera tua
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11 et dixi forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt me et nox inluminatio in deliciis meis
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12 quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te et nox sicut dies inluminabitur sicut tenebrae eius ita et lumen eius
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
13 quia tu possedisti renes meos suscepisti me de utero matris meae
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 confitebor tibi quia terribiliter magnificatus es mirabilia opera tua et anima mea cognoscit nimis
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
15 non est occultatum os meum a te quod fecisti in occulto et substantia mea in inferioribus terrae
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 inperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui et in libro tuo omnes scribentur die formabuntur et nemo in eis
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 mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui Deus nimis confirmati sunt principatus eorum
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 dinumerabo eos et super harenam multiplicabuntur exsurrexi et adhuc sum tecum
If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
19 si occideris Deus peccatores et viri sanguinum declinate a me
O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 quia dices in cogitatione accipient in vanitate civitates tuas
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 nonne qui oderunt te Domine oderam et super inimicos tuos tabescebam
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22 perfecto odio oderam illos inimici facti sunt mihi
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
23 proba me Deus et scito cor meum interroga me et cognosce semitas meas
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24 et vide si via iniquitatis in me est et deduc me in via aeterna
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
