Psalm 139:title–12

For the choir director; a psalm by David. 

¹O Lord, you have examined me, and you know me. 

²You alone know when I sit down and when I get up. 

You read my thoughts from far away. 

³You watch me when I travel and when I rest. 

You are familiar with all my ways. 

⁴Even before there is a ⸤single⸥ word on my tongue, 

you know all about it, Lord. 

⁵You are all around me—in front of me and in back of me. 

You lay your hand on me. 

⁶Such knowledge is beyond my grasp. 

It is so high I cannot reach it. 

⁷Where can I go ⸤to get away⸥ from your Spirit? 

Where can I run ⸤to get away⸥ from you? 

⁸If I go up to heaven, you are there. 

If I make my bed in hell, you are there. 

⁹If I climb upward on the rays of the morning sun 

⸤or⸥ land on the most distant shore of the sea where the sun sets, 

¹⁰even there your hand would guide me 

and your right hand would hold on to me. 

¹¹If I say, “Let the darkness hide me 

and let the light around me turn into night,” 

¹²even the darkness is not too dark for you. 

Night is as bright as day. 

Darkness and light are the same ⸤to you⸥.