The Psalms (WEB)

Psalm 139

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

 ^139:1Yahweh, you have searched me,
      And you know me.

 ^139:2You know my sitting down and my rising up.
      You perceive my thoughts from afar.

 ^139:3You search out my path and my lying down,
      And are acquainted with all my ways.

 ^139:4For there is not a word on my tongue,
      But, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

 ^139:5You hem me in behind and before.
      You laid your hand on me.

 ^139:6This knowledge is beyond me.
      It is lofty. I can't attain it.

 ^139:7Where could I go from your Spirit?
      Or where could I flee from your presence?

 ^139:8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
      If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

 ^139:9If I take the wings of the dawn,
      And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

 ^139:10Even there your hand will lead me,
      And your right hand will hold me.

 ^139:11If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me;
      The light around me will be night;"

 ^139:12Even the darkness doesn't hide from you,
      But the night shines as the day.
      The darkness is like light to you.

 ^139:13For you formed my inmost being.
      You knit me together in my mother's womb.

 ^139:14I will give thanks to you,
      For I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

 Your works are wonderful.
      My soul knows that very well.

 ^139:15My frame wasn't hidden from you,
      When I was made in secret,
      Woven together in the depths of the earth.

 ^139:16Your 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.

 ^139:17How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
      How vast is the sum of them!

 ^139:18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
      When I wake up, I am still with you.

 ^139:19If only you, God, would kill the wicked.
      Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

 ^139:20For they speak against you wickedly.
      Your enemies take your name in vain.

 ^139:21Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you?
      Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?

 ^139:22I hate them with perfect hatred.
      They have become my enemies.

 ^139:23Search me, God, and know my heart.
      Try me, and know my thoughts.

 ^139:24See if there is any wicked way in me,
      And lead me in the everlasting way.

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