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.