| Chapter 139 |
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. --
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Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up rising, thou understandest my thought afar off. --
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Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. --
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For there is not a word on my tongue, but lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. --
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Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me. --
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it. --
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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? --
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If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. --
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If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; --
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Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. --
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If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. --
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Yes, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. --
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For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. --
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I will praise thee: for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth. --
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My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret, and curiously formed in the lowest parts of the earth. --
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Thy eyes saw my substance, yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. --
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How precious also are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them! --
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If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. --
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Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. --
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For they speak against thee wickedly, and thy enemies take thy name in vain. --
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Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? --
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I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies. --
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Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts: --
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And see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. --
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