139:1  O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

139:2  You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.

139:3  You comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.

139:4  For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.

139:5  You have hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.

139:6  Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

139:7  Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

139:8  If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

139:9  If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

139:10  Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.

139:11  If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;

139:12  Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

139:13  For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother’s womb.

139:14  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.

139:15  My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

139:16  Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

139:17  How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!

139:18  If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

139:19  Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

139:20  For they speak against You wickedly;
Your enemies take Your name in vain.

139:21  Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

139:22  I hate them with perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

139:23  Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;

139:24  And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.