Psalm 139:title–12

Where Can I Go from Your Spirit?

For the choir director. Of David. A Psalm.

¹O Yahweh, You have ^asearched me and known me.

²You ^aknow ¹when I sit down and ²when I rise up;

You ^bunderstand my thought from afar.

³You ^1ascrutinize my ²path and my lying down,

And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

⁴¹Even before there is a word on my tongue,

Behold, O Yahweh, You ^aknow it all.

⁵You have ^aenclosed me behind and before,

And You have ^bput Your hand upon me.

⁶Such ^aknowledge is ^btoo wonderful for me;

It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

^7aWhere can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

^8aIf I ascend to heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, ^bYou are there.

⁹If I lift up the wings of the dawn,

If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

¹⁰Even there Your hand will ^alead me,

And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

¹¹If I say, “Surely the ^adarkness will ^bbruise me,

And the light around me will be night,”

¹²Even the ^adarkness is not too dark for You,

And the night is as bright as the day.

^bDarkness and light are alike to You.