Psalms 139
1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.
For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, LORD, you know it altogether.
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.
This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! (Sheol h7585)
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:
If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.
even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.
even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see me, when I was without forme: for in thy booke were all things written, which in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them before.
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?
LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
24 And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
