Psalm 139:7–17

7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?

Where can I flee from Your presence? c

8 If I go up to heaven, You are there; d

if I make my bed in * Sheol, You are there. e

9 If I live at the eastern horizon

or settle at the western limits, f

10 even there Your hand will lead me;

Your right hand will hold on to me. g

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,

and the light around me will be night” h—

12 even the darkness is not dark to You.

The night shines like the day;

darkness and light are alike to You. i

13 For it was You who created my inward parts; j

You knit me together in my mother’s womb. k

14 I will praise You

because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. l m

Your works are wonderful,

and I know this very well. n

15 My bones were not hidden from You

when I was made in secret,

when I was formed in the depths of the earth. o

16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;

all my days were written in Your book and planned

before a single one of them began. p

17 God, how difficult q Your thoughts are

for me to comprehend;

how vast their sum is!