Psalms 139 — DBY

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

139Verse 1Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
^{Verse 2}Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
^{Verse 3}Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
^{Verse 4}For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
^{Verse 5}Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
^{Verse 6}O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
^{Verse 7}Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
^{Verse 8}If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there];
^{Verse 9}[If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
^{Verse 10}Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
^{Verse 11}And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
^{Verse 12}Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
^{Verse 13}For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
^{Verse 14}I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
^{Verse 15}My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
^{Verse 16}Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all [my members] were written; [during many] days were they fashioned, when [as yet] there was none of them.
^{Verse 17}But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O^*God! how great is the sum of them!
^{Verse 18}[If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
^{Verse 19}Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O⁺God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
^{Verse 20}For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
^{Verse 21}Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
^{Verse 22}I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
^{Verse 23}Search me, O^*God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
^{Verse 24}And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.