Psalms 139
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, you have proved me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
You know my down-sitting and mine up-rising: you understand my thoughts long before.
3 Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
You have traced my path and my bed, and have foreseen all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, you have known all things,
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
the last and the first: you have fashioned me, and laid your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.
The knowledge of you is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I can’t [attain] to it.
7 Where shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence?
Whither shall I go from your Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
If I should go up to heaven, you are there: if I should go down to hell, you are present. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
for even there your hand would guide me, and your right hand would hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
For darkness will not be darkness with you; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to you].
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
For you, O Lord, have possessed my reins; you have helped me from my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth
I will give you thanks; for you are fearfully wondrous; wondrous are your works; and my soul knows [it] well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and skilfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
My bones, which you made in secret were not hidden from you, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thy eyes saw my substance, not yet formed; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Your eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in your book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one amongst them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
But your friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with you.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Oh that you would kill the wicked, O God; depart from me, you men of blood.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.
For you will say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take your cities in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate you? and wasted away because of your enemies?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
