139:1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. |
139:2 I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth;For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. |
139:3 On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul. |
139:4 Even before a word exists on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all. |
139:5 You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. |
139:6 Such knowledge seems too wonderful for me; It seems too high, I cannot attain to it. |
139:7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? |
139:8 If I ascend to heaven, You dwell there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You dwell there. |
139:9 If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, |
139:10 Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. |
139:11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will seem equivalent to night," |
139:12 Even the darkness does not seem dark to You, And the night shines as bright as the day. Darkness and light You regard as equivalent. |
139:13 For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. |
139:14 I will give thanks to You, for You have fearfully and wonderfully made me; We regard Your works as wonderful, And my soul knows it very well. |
139:15 I cannot hide my frame from You, When You made me in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; |
139:16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book You wrote all the details The days that you ordained for me, When as yet they had not occurred. |
139:17 How precious I regard Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast have they totalled! |
139:18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand When I awake, I still reside with You. |
139:19 O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. |
139:20 For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain. |
139:21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? |
139:22 I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies. |
139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; |
139:24 And see if any hurtful way exists in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. |