Psalm 139:7–24

^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 ¹Sheol, behold, ^bYou are there.

⁹If I take 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 ¹overwhelm me,

And the light around me will be night,”

¹²Even the ^adarkness is not dark ¹to You,

And the night is as bright as the day.

^bDarkness and light are alike to You.

¹³For You ^aformed my ¹inward parts;

You ^bwove me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I will give thanks to You, for ¹I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

^aWonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

¹⁵My ^1aframe was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the ^bdepths of the earth;

¹⁶Your ^aeyes have seen my unformed substance;

And in ^bYour book were all written

The ^cdays that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was not one of them.

¹⁷How precious also are Your ^athoughts to me, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

¹⁸If I should count them, they would ^aoutnumber the sand.

When ^bI awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹O that You would ^aslay the wicked, O God;

^bDepart from me, therefore, ^cmen of bloodshed.

²⁰For they ^aspeak ¹against You wickedly,

And Your enemies ^2btake Your name in vain.

²¹Do I not ^ahate those who hate You, O Lord?

And do I not ^bloathe those who rise up against You?

²²I hate them with the utmost hatred;

They have become my enemies.

^23aSearch me, O God, and know my heart;

^bTry me and know my anxious thoughts;

²⁴And see if there be any ^1ahurtful way in me,

And ^blead me in the ^ceverlasting way.