Psalms 139
1 For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
Thou dost scrutinize my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
6 The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
Where shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. (Sheol h7585)
9 If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to thee].
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth
15 My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and skilfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them.
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.
17 But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities in vain.
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
