139:2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thoughts afar off. |
139:3 You measure my going about and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways, |
139:4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, You know it altogether. |
139:5 You have enclosed me behind and in front, and laid Your hand upon me. |
139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. |
139:7 Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your presence? |
139:8 If I go up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in the grave, behold, You are there. |
139:9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the farthest 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 cover me, and the light around me shall be night;" |
139:12 Even the darkness does not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light to You, |
139:13 For You have possessed my reins; You have knit me together in my mother's womb. |
139:14 I will praise You, for I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Your works are marvelous and my soul knows it very well. |
139:15 My substance was not hidden from You when I was made in secret and intricately formed in the lowest parts of the earth. |
139:16 Your eyes did see my substance, yet being unformed; and in Your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, 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 are more than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You. |
139:19 Surely You will slay the wicked, O God; therefore you bloody men, depart from me, |
139:20 For they speak against You wickedly and Your enemies take Your name in vain. |
139:21 O LORD, do I not hate those who hate You? And am I not grieved with 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 thoughts, |
139:24 And see if any wicked way is in me; and lead me in the way everlasting. |