Psalm 139

Psalm 139

To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off; Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways; For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me. O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

⁷Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence? ⁸If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there; ⁹If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, ¹⁰Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. ¹¹And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night; ¹²Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light. ¹³For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. ¹⁵My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth. ¹⁶Thine 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.

¹⁷But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O •God! how great is the sum of them! ¹⁸If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. ¹⁹Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O †God! And ye men of blood, depart from me. ²⁰For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies. ²¹Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee? ²²I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies. ²³Search me, O •God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts; ²⁴And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.