| Psa. 139:1 |
O Jehovah, You have searched me and known [me.] |
| Psa. 139:2 |
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; / You understand my thoughts from afar. |
| Psa. 139:3 |
You thoroughly search my path and my lying down, / And You are acquainted with all my ways. |
| Psa. 139:4 |
For a word is not [yet] on my tongue, / [And] already You, O Jehovah, know it completely. |
| Psa. 139:5 |
You have closed in on me behind and before / And have laid Your hand on me. |
| Psa. 139:6 |
Oh, knowledge too wonderful for me! / It is so high; I cannot attain to it. |
| Psa. 139:7 |
Where shall I go, away from Your Spirit, / And where shall I flee from Your presence? |
| Psa. 139:8 |
If I ascend into heaven, You are there; / If I make my bed in Sheol, there You are. |
| Psa. 139:9 |
If I take the wings of the dawn / [And] settle at the limits of the sea, |
| Psa. 139:10 |
There also Your hand will lead me, / And Your right hand will take hold of me. |
| Psa. 139:11 |
And if I say, Surely darkness will cover me, / And the light around me will be night; |
| Psa. 139:12 |
Even the darkness is not dark to You, / And night shines like day; / The darkness is like the light. |
| Psa. 139:13 |
For it was You who formed my inward parts; / You wove me together in my mother's womb. |
| Psa. 139:14 |
I will praise You, for I am awesomely and wonderfully made; / Your works are wonderful, / And my soul knows [it] well. |
| Psa. 139:15 |
My frame was not hidden from You / When I was made in secret, / Skillfully fashioned in the depths of the earth. |
| Psa. 139:16 |
Your eyes saw my unformed substance; / And in Your book all of them were written: / The days that were ordained [for me,] / When not one of them was yet. |
| Psa. 139:17 |
And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! / How great is the sum of them! |
| Psa. 139:18 |
If I should count them, they would be more than the sand. / When I awake, I am still with You. |
| Psa. 139:19 |
Oh that You, O God, would slay the wicked-- / Depart from me therefore, you men of bloodshed-- |
| Psa. 139:20 |
Those who speak of You with evil intent, / Who as Your enemies take [Your name] in vain. |
| Psa. 139:21 |
Do I not hate those who hate You, O Jehovah? / And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? |
| Psa. 139:22 |
I hate them with a perfect hatred; / They have become my own enemies. |
| Psa. 139:23 |
Search me, O God, and know my heart; / Try me, and know my anxious thoughts; |
| Psa. 139:24 |
And see if there is some harmful way in me, / And lead me on the eternal way. |