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Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You understand my thought afar off.
You understand my thought afar off.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
you, Lord, know it completely.
For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
too lofty for me to attain.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.
It is high, I cannot attain it.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
Where can I flee from your presence?
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
your right hand will hold me fast.
Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
And Your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
and the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
How great is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand —
when I awake, I am still with you.
they would outnumber the grains of sand —
when I awake, I am still with you.
If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.
When I awake, I am still with You.
If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
your adversaries misuse your name.
Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
I count them my enemies.
Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
Try me, and know my anxieties;