Psalmorum 139
1 in finem David psalmus
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
2 Domine probasti me et cognovisti me tu cognovisti sessionem meam et surrectionem meam
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 et omnes vias meas praevidisti quia non est sermo in lingua mea
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 ecce Domine tu cognovisti omnia novissima et antiqua tu formasti me et posuisti super me manum tuam
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me confortata est non potero ad eam
[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 quo ibo ab spiritu tuo et quo a facie tua fugiam
Whither shall I from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 si sumpsero pinnas meas diluculo et habitavero in extremis maris
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 etenim illuc manus tua deducet me et tenebit me dextera tua
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 et dixi forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt me et nox inluminatio in deliciis meis
If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light about me shall be night;
12 quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te et nox sicut dies inluminabitur sicut tenebrae eius ita et lumen eius
Even the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
13 quia tu possedisti renes meos suscepisti me de utero matris meae
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 confitebor tibi quia terribiliter magnificatus es mirabilia opera tua et anima mea cognoscit nimis
I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right 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 thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 inperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui et in libro tuo omnes scribentur die formabuntur et nemo in eis
Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance, and in thy book were all [my members] written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui Deus nimis confirmati sunt principatus eorum
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 dinumerabo eos et super harenam multiplicabuntur exsurrexi et adhuc sum tecum
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 si occideris Deus peccatores et viri sanguinum declinate a me
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
20 quia dices in cogitatione accipient in vanitate civitates tuas
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
21 nonne qui oderunt te Domine oderam et super inimicos tuos tabescebam
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 perfecto odio oderam illos inimici facti sunt mihi
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23 proba me Deus et scito cor meum interroga me et cognosce semitas meas
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:
24 et vide si via iniquitatis in me est et deduc me in via aeterna
And see if there be any way of wickedness in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
