Psalm 139
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
1 LORD,
you have searched
me,
and you know
me.
2 You
know my sitting
down and my
rising up.
You perceive my
thoughts from afar.
3 You search
out my path
and my lying down,
and are
acquainted with
all my ways.
4 For
there is not
a word on
my tongue,
but behold, LORD,
you know it
altogether.
5 You hem
me in behind
and before.
You laid your
hand on me.
6 This
knowledge is
beyond me.
It’s lofty.
I can’t attain
it.
7 Where could I
go from your
Spirit?
Or where could I flee
from your presence?
8 If
I ascend up into
heaven, you are
there.
If I make
my bed in
Sheol,
behold, you are
there!
9 If I
take the wings
of the dawn,
and settle in
the uttermost parts of
the sea,
10 even
there your hand
will lead me,
and your right
hand will hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely
the darkness will
overwhelm me.
The light around
me will be
night,”
12 even
the darkness doesn’t hide
from you,
but the
night shines as
the day.
The darkness is
like light to you.
13 For
you formed my
inmost being.
You knit me
together in
my mother’s womb.
14 I
will give thanks
to you,
for I am
fearfully and
wonderfully made.
Your works are
wonderful.
My soul knows
that very well.
15 My
frame wasn’t hidden
from you,
when I was
made in secret,
woven together in
the depths of
the earth.
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.
17 How
precious to me
are your thoughts,
God!
How vast is
their sum!
18 If I would
count them, they
are more in
number than the
sand.
When I wake up, I
am still with you.
19 If only
you, God, would kill
the wicked.
Get away from
me, you bloodthirsty
men!
20 For
they speak against you
wickedly.
Your enemies take
your name in vain.
21 LORD, don’t
I hate those
who hate you?
Am I not
grieved with those
who rise up
against you?
22 I
hate them with
perfect hatred.
They have become
my enemies.
23 Search
me, God, and know
my heart.
Try me, and
know my thoughts.
24 See
if there is
any wicked way
in me,
and lead me
in the everlasting
way.