Psalm 139:title–24

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹You have searched me,^f Lord,

and you know^g me.

²You know when I sit and when I rise;^h

you perceive my thoughtsⁱ from afar.

³You discern my going out^j and my lying down;

you are familiar with all my ways.^k

⁴Before a word is on my tongue

you, Lord, know it completely.^l

⁵You hem me in^m behind and before,

and you lay your hand upon me.

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,ⁿ

too lofty^o for me to attain.

⁷Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee^p from your presence?

⁸If I go up to the heavens,^q you are there;

if I make my bed^r in the depths, you are there.

⁹If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

if I settle on the far side of the sea,

¹⁰even there your hand will guide me,^s

your right hand^t will hold me fast.

¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me

and the light become night around me,”

¹²even the darkness will not be dark^u to you;

the night will shine like the day,

for darkness is as light to you.

¹³For you created my inmost being;^v

you knit me together^w in my mother’s womb.^x

¹⁴I praise you^y because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,^z

I know that full well.

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from you

when I was made^a in the secret place,

when I was woven together^b in the depths of the earth.^c

¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days ordained^d for me were written in your book

before one of them came to be.

¹⁷How precious to me are your thoughts,^ae God!^f

How vast is the sum of them!

¹⁸Were I to count them,^g

they would outnumber the grains of sand^h—

when I awake,ⁱ I am still with you.

¹⁹If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^j

Away from me,^k you who are bloodthirsty!^l

²⁰They speak of you with evil intent;

your adversaries^m misuse your name.ⁿ

²¹Do I not hate those^o who hate you, Lord,

and abhor^p those who are in rebellion against you?

²²I have nothing but hatred for them;

I count them my enemies.^q

²³Search me,^r God, and know my heart;^s

test me and know my anxious thoughts.

²⁴See if there is any offensive way^t in me,

and lead me^u in the way everlasting.