For the end, a Psalm of David. 139:1 O
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
139:2 Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: tho understandest my
thoughts long before.
139:3 Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
139:4 For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou
hast known all things,
139:5 the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand
upon me.
139:6 The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I
cannot [attain] to it.
139:7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my
presence?
139:8 If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to
hell, thou art present.
139:9 If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at
the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
139:10 for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold
me.
139:11 When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was]
light in my luxury.
139:12 For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light
as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to thee].
139:13 For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from
my mother's womb.
139:14 I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous
are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well.
139:15 My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor
my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
139:16 Thine eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be
written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a
time] be no one among them.
139:17 But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule
has been greatly strengthened.
139:18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I
awake, and am still with thee.
139:19 Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men
of blood.
139:20 For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take
thy cities in vain.
139:21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away
because of thine enemies?
139:22 I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
139:23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
139:24 and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an
everlasting way. |
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
139:1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my
thought afar off.
139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all
my ways.
139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it
altogether.
139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain
unto it.
139:7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy
presence?
139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell,
behold, thou art there.
139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts
of the sea;
139:10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
139:11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be
light about me.
139:12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the
day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's
womb.
139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
139:16 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.
139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the
sum of them!
139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I
awake, I am still with thee.
139:19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye
bloody men.
139:20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name
in vain.
139:21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with
those that rise up against thee?
139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting. |