Psalms 139
1 To the Chief Musician, David’s. A Melody. O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:
in finem David psalmus
2 Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:
Domine probasti me et cognovisti me tu cognovisti sessionem meam et surrectionem meam
3 My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest.
intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti
4 Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, [but] behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.
et omnes vias meas praevidisti quia non est sermo in lingua mea
5 Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand: —
ecce Domine tu cognovisti omnia novissima et antiqua tu formasti me et posuisti super me manum tuam
6 Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it!
mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me confortata est non potero ad eam
7 Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee?
quo ibo ab spiritu tuo et quo a facie tua fugiam
8 If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee! (Sheol h7585)
si ascendero in caelum tu illic es si descendero ad infernum ades (Sheol h7585)
9 If I mount the wings of the dawn, settle down in the region beyond the sea,
si sumpsero pinnas meas diluculo et habitavero in extremis maris
10 Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
etenim illuc manus tua deducet me et tenebit me dextera tua
11 If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me.
et dixi forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt me et nox inluminatio in deliciis meis
12 Even darkness, will not conceal from thee, —but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!
quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te et nox sicut dies inluminabitur sicut tenebrae eius ita et lumen eius
13 For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother.
quia tu possedisti renes meos suscepisti me de utero matris meae
14 I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing [them] intently!
confitebor tibi quia terribiliter magnificatus es mirabilia opera tua et anima mea cognoscit nimis
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.
non est occultatum os meum a te quod fecisti in occulto et substantia mea in inferioribus terrae
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.
inperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui et in libro tuo omnes scribentur die formabuntur et nemo in eis
17 To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them!
mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui Deus nimis confirmati sunt principatus eorum
18 I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself—and am still with thee.
dinumerabo eos et super harenam multiplicabuntur exsurrexi et adhuc sum tecum
19 Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!
si occideris Deus peccatores et viri sanguinum declinate a me
20 For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up [their hand] unto falsehood.
quia dices in cogitatione accipient in vanitate civitates tuas
21 Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee?
nonne qui oderunt te Domine oderam et super inimicos tuos tabescebam
22 With completeness of hatred, I hate them, As enemies, have they become to me.
perfecto odio oderam illos inimici facti sunt mihi
23 Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;
proba me Deus et scito cor meum interroga me et cognosce semitas meas
24 And see if there be any idol-way in me, and lead me in a way age-abiding.
et vide si via iniquitatis in me est et deduc me in via aeterna
