Psalm 139
Reading edition
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
139:1 Yahweh, you have searched me,
and you know me.
139:2 You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
139:3 You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
139:4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
139:5 You hem me in behind and before.
You laid your hand on me.
139:6 This knowledge is beyond me.
It's lofty.
I can't attain it.
139:7 Where could I go from your Spirit?
Or where could I flee from your presence?
139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
139:9 If I take the wings of the dawn,
and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
139:10 Even there your hand will lead me,
and your right hand will hold me.
139:11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me;
the light around me will be night;"
139:12 even the darkness doesn't hide from you,
but the night shines as the day.
The darkness is like light to you.
139:13 For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother's womb.
139:14 I will give thanks to you,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.
139:15 My frame wasn't hidden from you,
when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth.
139:16 Your eyes saw my body.
In your book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me,
when as yet there were none of them.
139:17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
139:18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
When I wake up, I am still with you.
139:19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked.
Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
139:20 For they speak against you wickedly.
Your enemies take your name in vain.
139:21 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you?
Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred.
They have become my enemies.
139:23 Search me, God, and know my heart.
Try me, and know my thoughts.
139:24 See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the everlasting way.