Psalms 139
1 For the music director. A psalm of David. Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know everything about me!
| למנצח לדוד מזמור יהוה חקרתני ותדע |
2 You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know what I'm thinking even when I'm a long way away.
| אתה ידעת שבתי וקומי בנתה לרעי מרחוק |
3 You observe where I go and when I rest. You're familiar with everything I do.
| ארחי ורבעי זרית וכל-דרכי הסכנתה |
4 Lord, you even know what I'm going to say before I say it.
| כי אין מלה בלשוני הן יהוה ידעת כלה |
5 You're always there—behind me, in front of me, and all around me. You place your caring hand on me.
| אחור וקדם צרתני ותשת עלי כפכה |
6 This amazing knowledge you have is far beyond me, way beyond my understanding!
| פלאיה (פליאה) דעת ממני נשגבה לא-אוכל לה |
7 Where can I go that you're not already there? Where can I run to escape your presence?
| אנה אלך מרוחך ואנה מפניך אברח |
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I lie down in Sheol, look—you are there too! (Sheol h7585)
| אם אסק שמים שם אתה ואציעה שאול הנך (Sheol h7585) |
9 If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea,
| אשא כנפי-שחר אשכנה באחרית ים |
10 even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.
| גם-שם ידך תנחני ותאחזני ימינך |
11 If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me,
| ואמר אך-חשך ישופני ולילה אור בעדני |
12 Even darkness would not be dark for you, and the night would be bright as day, for darkness is like light to you.
| גם-חשך לא-יחשיך ממך ולילה כיום יאיר-- כחשיכה כאורה |
13 You made me from the inside out, shaping me in my mother's womb.
| כי-אתה קנית כליתי תסכני בבטן אמי |
14 I praise you for making me in such an awesome and wonderful way. What you do is incredible—I realize this completely!
| אודך-- על כי נוראות נפליתי נפלאים מעשיך ונפשי ידעת מאד |
15 My growing body was not hidden from you as I was formed in secret, as I was intricately put together “in the depths of the earth.”
| לא-נכחד עצמי ממך אשר-עשיתי בסתר רקמתי בתחתיות ארץ |
16 You saw me as an embryo, and in your book all my days were written down—the days that were made for me before any of them existed.
| גלמי ראו עיניך ועל-ספרך כלם יכתבו ימים יצרו ולא (ולו) אחד בהם |
17 God, your thoughts are so valuable to me! Taken together, they can't be counted!
| ולי--מה-יקרו רעיך אל מה עצמו ראשיהם |
18 If I tried to count them, they would be more than every grain of sand. Yet when I awake I am still with you.
| אספרם מחול ירבון הקיצתי ועודי עמך |
19 God, if you would only kill the wicked! Murderers, get away from me!
| אם-תקטל אלוה רשע ואנשי דמים סורו מני |
20 When they speak of you they're being deceptively evil. Since they are your enemies, they call on you in vain.
| אשר ימרוך למזמה נשוא לשוא עריך |
21 Lord, don't I hate those who hate you? I despise those who rebel against you!
| הלוא-משנאיך יהוה אשנא ובתקוממיך אתקוטט |
22 I hate them with absolute hatred—they have become my enemies!
| תכלית שנאה שנאתים לאויבים היו לי |
23 Examine me carefully, God, so you can be sure of my true feelings. Check me out so you can know what I really think.
| חקרני אל ודע לבבי בחנני ודע שרעפי |
24 Please show me if I'm following any kind of idol, and lead me along the path of eternal life.
| וראה אם-דרך-עצב בי ונחני בדרך עולם |
