Psalms 139 — TOJB

139Verse 1(For the one directing, Mizmor of Dovid)1Hashem, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
^{Verse 2}Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
Thou hast binah of my thought from afar off.
^{Verse 3}Thou comprehendeth my path and my lying down,
and art acquainted with all my drakhim.
^{Verse 4}For there is not a milah (word) in my leshon,
but, lo, Hashem, Thou knowest it altogether.
^{Verse 5}Thou hast enclosed me achor (behind) and kedem (before),
and laid Thine hand upon me.
^{Verse 6}Such da'as is too wonderful for me;
it is high, I cannot attain unto it.^{Verse 7}To where can I go from Thy Ruach?⁺
Or to where shall I flee from Thy presence?
^{Verse 8}If I ascend up into Shomayim, Thou art there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, hinei, Thou art there.
^{Verse 9}If I take the wings of the shachar (dawn),
and dwell in the uttermost acharit yam (the extreme end of the sea);
^{Verse 10}Even there shall Thy yad lead me,
and Thy yamin shall hold me.
^{Verse 11}If I say, Surely the choshech shall cover me,
even the lailah shall be ohr about me.
^{Verse 12}Even the choshech is not dark to Thee;
but the lailah shineth as the yom;
the choshech and the ohr are both alike to Thee.^{Verse 13}For Thou hast possessed my inmost being;
Thou didst interweave me in the beten immi.
^{Verse 14}I will praise Thee;
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
marvellous are Thy ma'asim; and that my nefesh knoweth very well.
^{Verse 15}My atzamim (bones, frame) were not hid from Thee,
when I was made beseter (in secret),
and skillfully wrought in the depths of the Eretz.
^{Verse 16}Thine eyes did see my golem (embryo),
yet being unformed;
and in Thy Sefer (Book) all the yamim (days) ordained for me were written down,
when as yet there were none of them.
^{Verse 17}How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O El!
How great is the sum of them!
^{Verse 18}If I should count them, they are more in number than the chol (sand);
when I awake, I am still with Thee.^{Verse 19}Surely Thou wilt slay the rasha, O Eloah;
depart from me therefore, ye anshei damim (bloodthirsty men).
^{Verse 20}For they speak of Thee craftily,
and it is taken lashav⁺by Thy enemies.
^{Verse 21}Should not I hate them, Hashem, that hate Thee?
And am not I to be at odds with those that rise up against Thee?
^{Verse 22}I abhor them with complete sinah;
I count them mine enemies.
^{Verse 23}Search me, O El, and know my levav;
test me, and know my thoughts;
^{Verse 24}And see if there be any derech otzev (torturous crooked road) in me,
and lead me in the Derech Olam.