Psalms 139
1. <<To the chief Musician * , A Psalm of David.>> O LORD, thou hast searched * me, and known * me.
2. Thou knowest * my downsitting * and mine uprising * , thou understandest * my thought afar off.
3. Thou compassest * my path and my lying down, and art acquainted * with all my ways.
4. For there is not a word in my tongue,but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest * it altogether.
5. Thou hast beset * me behind and before, and laid * thine hand upon me.
6. Such knowledge is too wonderful * for me; it is high * , I cannot * attain unto it.
7. Whither shall I go * from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee * from thy presence?
8. If I ascend up * into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed * in hell, behold, thou art there.
9. If I take * the wings of the morning, and dwell * in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10. Even there shall thy hand lead * me, and thy right hand shall hold * me.
11. If I say * , Surely the darkness shall cover * me; even the night shall be light about me.
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.
13. For thou hast possessed * my reins:thou hast covered * me in my mother's womb.
14. I will praise * thee; for I am fearfully * and wonderfully made * : marvellous * are thy works; and that my soul knoweth * right well.
15. My substance was not hid * from thee, when I was made * in secret, and curiously wrought * in the lowest parts of the earth.
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.
17. How precious * also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great * is the sum of them!
18. If I should count * them, they are more in number * than the sand: when I awake * , I am still with thee.
19. Surely thou wilt slay * the wicked, O God: depart * from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20. For they speak * against thee wickedly,and thine enemies take * thy name in vain.
21. Do not I hate * them, O LORD, that hate * thee? and am not I grieved * with those that rise up against thee?
22. I hate * them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies * .
23. Search * me, O God, and know * my heart: try * me, and know * my thoughts:
24. And see * if there be any wicked way in me, and lead * me in the way everlasting.
