| Chapter 139 |
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{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me. |
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*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off; |
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Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways; |
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For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. |
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Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me. |
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O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot attain unto it. |
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Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence? |
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If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there; |
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If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, |
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Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
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And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night; |
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Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light. |
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For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother`s womb. |
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I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. |
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My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth. |
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Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. |
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But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O łGod! how great is the sum of them! |
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If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. |
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Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me. |
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For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies. |
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Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee? |
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I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies. |
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Search me, O łGod, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts; |
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And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting. |