Psalm 139:title–12

The Knowledge of God

139For the music director. Of David. A psalm.^a

¹O Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.

²You know my sitting down and my rising up.

You understand my thought from afar.

³You search out^b my wandering and my lying down,

and are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴For there is not a word yet on my tongue,

but behold, O Yahweh, you know it completely.

⁵You barricade me behind and in front,

and set your hand upon me.

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.

It is set high; I cannot prevail against it.

⁷Where can I go from your Spirit,

or where can I flee from your presence?

⁸If I ascend to heaven, there you are,

and if I make my bed in Sheol, look! There you are.

⁹If I lift up the wings of the dawn,

and I alight on the far side of the sea,

¹⁰even there your hand would lead me,

and your right hand would hold me fast.

¹¹And if I should say, “Surely darkness will cover me,

and the light around me will be as night,”

¹²even the darkness is not too dark for you,^c

and the night shines as the day—

the darkness and the light are alike for you.