Psalms 139

1 To the Chief Musician, David’s. A Melody. O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:

to/for to conduct to/for David melody LORD to search me and to know

2 Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:

you(m. s.) to know to dwell I and to arise: rise I to understand to/for thought my from distant

3 My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest.

to journey I and to lie down I to scatter and all way: conduct my be useful

4 Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, [but] behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.

for nothing speech in/on/with tongue my look! LORD to know all her

5 Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand: —

back and front: old to confine me and to set: put upon me palm your

6 Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it!

(incomprehensible *Qk) knowledge from me to exalt not be able to/for her

7 Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee?

where? to go: went from spirit your and where? from face your to flee

8 If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee! (Sheol h7585)

if to ascend heaven there you(m. s.) and to lay hell: Sheol look! you (Sheol h7585)

9 If I mount the wings of the dawn, settle down in the region beyond the sea,

to lift: raise wing dawn to dwell in/on/with end sea

10 Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

also there hand your to lead me and to grasp me right your

11 If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me.

and to say surely darkness to bruise me and night light about/through/for me

12 Even darkness, will not conceal from thee, —but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!

also darkness not to darken from you and night like/as day to light like/as darkness like/as light

13 For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother.

for you(m. s.) to buy kidney my to weave me in/on/with belly: womb mother my

14 I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing [them] intently!

to give thanks you upon for to fear: revere be distinguished to wonder deed: work your and soul my to know much

15 My substance was not hid from thee, —when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.

not to hide strength my from you which to make in/on/with secrecy to weave in/on/with lower land: country/planet

16 Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written, —the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.

embryo my to see: see eye your and upon scroll: book your all their to write day to form: formed (and to/for him *QK) one in/on/with them

17 To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them!

and to/for me what? be precious thought your God what? be vast head: group their

18 I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself—and am still with thee.

to recount them from sand to multiply [emph?] to awake and still I with you

19 Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!

if: surely yes to slay god wicked and human blood to turn aside: depart from me

20 For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up [their hand] unto falsehood.

which to say you to/for plot to lift: raise to/for vanity: vain enemy your

21 Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee?

not to hate you LORD to hate and in/on/with to confront you to loath

22 With completeness of hatred, I hate them, As enemies, have they become to me.

limit hating to hate them to/for enemy to be to/for me

23 Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;

to search me God and to know heart my to test me and to know anxiety my

24 And see if there be any idol-way in me, and lead me in a way age-abiding.

and to see: see if way: conduct pain in/on/with me and to lead me in/on/with way: conduct forever: enduring