139:1 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
139:2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
139:3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
139:4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
139:5 You hem me in–behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.
139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
139:7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
139:8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
139:9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
139:10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
139:12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
139:13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
139:15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
139:16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
139:17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
139:18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
139:19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
139:20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
139:21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you?
139:22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
139:24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
139:1 O Jehovah, You have searched me and known me.
139:2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; / You understand my thoughts from afar.
139:3 You thoroughly search my path and my lying down, / And You are acquainted with all my ways.
139:4 For a word is not yet on my tongue, / And already You, O Jehovah, know it completely.
139:5 You have closed in on me behind and before / And have laid Your hand on me.
139:6 Oh, knowledge too wonderful for me! / It is so high; I cannot attain to it.
139:7 Where shall I go, away from Your Spirit, / And where shall I flee from Your presence?
139:8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; / If I make my bed in Sheol, there You are.
139:9 If I take the wings of the dawn / And settle at the limits of the sea,
139:10 There also Your hand will lead me, / And Your right hand will take hold of me.
139:11 And if I say, Surely darkness will cover me, / And the light around me will be night;
139:12 Even the darkness is not dark to You, / And night shines like day; / The darkness is like the light.
139:13 For it was You who formed my inward parts; / You wove me together in my mother s womb.
139:14 I will praise You, for I am awesomely and wonderfully made; / Your works are wonderful, / And my soul knows it well.
139:15 My frame was not hidden from You / When I was made in secret, / Skillfully fashioned in the depths of the earth.
139:16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; / And in Your book all of them were written: / The days that were ordained for me, / When not one of them was yet.
139:17 And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! / How great is the sum of them!
139:18 If I should count them, they would be more than the sand. / When I awake, I am still with You.
139:19 Oh that You, O God, would slay the wicked ? / Depart from me therefore, you men of bloodshed ?
139:20 Those who speak of You with evil intent, / Who as Your enemies take Your name in vain.
139:21 Do I not hate those who hate You, O Jehovah? / And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
139:22 I hate them with a perfect hatred; / They have become my own enemies.
139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; / Try me, and know my anxious thoughts;
139:24 And see if there is some harmful way in me, / And lead me on the eternal way.