The Psalms

Psalm 139

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

 ^139:1O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.

 ^139:2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;

 Thou understandest my thought afar off.

 ^139:3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,

 And art acquainted with all my ways.

 ^139:4For there is not a word in my tongue,

 But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

 ^139:5Thou hast beset me behind and before,

 And laid thy hand upon me.

 ^139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

 It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

 ^139:7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?

 Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

 ^139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:

 If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

 ^139:9If I take the wings of the morning,

 And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

 ^139:10Even there shall thy hand lead me,

 And thy right hand shall hold me.

 ^139:11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me,

 And the light about me shall be night;

 ^139:12Even the darkness hideth not from thee,

 But the night shineth as the day:

 The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

 ^139:13For thou didst form my inward parts:

 Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

 ^139:14I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

 Wonderful are thy works;

 And that my soul knoweth right well.

 ^139:15My frame was not hidden from thee,

 When I was made in secret,

 And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

 ^139:16Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance;

 And in thy book they were all written,

 Even the days that were ordained for me,

 When as yet there was none of them.

 ^139:17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!

 How great is the sum of them!

 ^139:18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:

 When I awake, I am still with thee.

 ^139:19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:

 Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

 ^139:20For they speak against thee wickedly,

 And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

 ^139:21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee?

 And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

 ^139:22I hate them with perfect hatred:

 They are become mine enemies.

 ^139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart:

 Try me, and know my thoughts;

 ^139:24And see if there be any wicked way in me,

 And lead me in the way everlasting.