139:1 LORD, you have examined me and you know me. |
139:2 You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts. |
139:3 You see me, whether I am working or resting; you know all my actions. |
139:4 Even before I speak, you already know what I will say. |
139:5 You are all around me on every side; you protect me with your power. |
139:6 Your knowledge of me is too deep; it is beyond my understanding. |
139:7 Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence? |
139:8 If I went up to heaven, you would be there; if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there. |
139:9 If I flew away beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west, |
139:10 you would be there to lead me, you would be there to help me. |
139:11 I could ask the darkness to hide me or the light around me to turn into night, |
139:12 but even darkness is not dark for you, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to you. |
139:13 You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother's womb. |
139:14 I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart. |
139:15 When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there--- |
139:16 you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began. |
139:17 O God, how difficult I find your thoughts; how many of them there are! |
139:18 If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you. |
139:19 O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked! How I wish violent people would leave me alone! |
139:20 They say wicked things about you; they speak evil things against your name. |
139:21 O LORD, how I hate those who hate you! How I despise those who rebel against you! |
139:22 I hate them with a total hatred; I regard them as my enemies. |
139:23 Examine me, O God, and know my mind; test me, and discover my thoughts. |
139:24 Find out if there is any evil in me and guide me in the everlasting way. |