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  139:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] O Yahweh, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. |
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139:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. |
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139:2
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
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139:2
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
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139:3
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways. |
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139:3
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted [with] all my ways. |
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139:4
For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O Yahweh, thou knowest it altogether. |
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139:4
For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. |
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139:5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. |
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139:5
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. |
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139:6
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it. |
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139:6
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it. |
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139:7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
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139:7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
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139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there]. |
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139:8
If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there]. |
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139:9
[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; |
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139:9
[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; |
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139:10
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
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139:10
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
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139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. |
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139:11
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. |
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139:12
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee]. |
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139:12
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee]. |
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139:13
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. |
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139:13
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. |
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139:14
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well. |
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139:14
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well. |
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139:15
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
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139:15
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
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139:16
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them. |
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139:16
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them. |
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139:17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O El! how great is the sum of them! |
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139:17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! |
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139:18
[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. |
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139:18
[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. |
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139:19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O Eloah: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. |
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139:19
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. |
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139:20
For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain. |
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139:20
For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain. |
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139:21
Do not I hate them, O Yahweh, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? |
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139:21
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? |
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139:22
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. |
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139:22
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. |
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139:23
Search me, O El, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: |
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139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: |
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139:24
And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
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139:24
And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
