Psalm 139:1–24

¹O Lord, you have ^psearched me and known me!

²You ^qknow when I sit down and when I rise up;

you ^rdiscern my thoughts from afar.

³You search out my path and my lying down

and are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴Even before a word is on my tongue,

behold, O Lord, ^syou know it altogether.

⁵You ^them me in, behind and before,

and ^ulay your hand upon me.

^6vSuch knowledge is ^wtoo wonderful for me;

it is high; I cannot attain it.

^7xWhere shall I go from your Spirit?

Or where ^yshall I flee from your presence?

^8zIf I ascend to heaven, you are there!

^aIf I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!

⁹If I take the wings of the morning

and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰even there your hand shall ^blead me,

and your right hand shall hold me.

¹¹If I say, ^c“Surely the darkness shall cover me,

and the light about me be night,”

^12deven the darkness is not dark to you;

the night is bright as the day,

for darkness is as light with you.

¹³For you ^eformed my inward parts;

you ^fknitted me together in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.¹

^gWonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

^15hMy frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in ⁱthe depths of the earth.

¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your ^jbook were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.

¹⁷How precious to me are your ^kthoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

^18lIf I would count them, they are more than ^mthe sand.

I awake, and I am still with you.

¹⁹Oh that you would ⁿslay the wicked, O God!

O ^omen of blood, ^pdepart from me!

²⁰They ^qspeak against you with malicious intent;

your enemies ^rtake your name in vain.²

^21sDo I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?

And do I not ^tloathe those who ^urise up against you?

²²I hate them with complete hatred;

I count them my enemies.

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart!

^vTry me and know my thoughts!³

²⁴And see if there be any grievous way in me,

and ^wlead me in ^xthe way everlasting!⁴