139:1 O LORD, You have searched me and known {me.} |
139:2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. |
139:3 You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. |
139:4 Even before there is a word 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 is too wonderful for me; It is {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 are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are 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 be night," |
139:12 Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike {to You.} |
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 I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. |
139:15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, {And} skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; |
139:16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained {for me,} When as yet there was not one of them. |
139:17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! |
139:18 If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still 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 there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. |