Psalm 139
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.