Psalms 139
O Lord, thou hast
searched me,
and known me.
Thou knowest
my downsitting
and mine uprising,
thou understandest
my thought afar off.
Thou compassest my path
and my lying down, and
art acquainted with all my ways.
For there is not a word
in my tongue, but, lo,
O LORD, thou knowest it
altogether.
Thou hast beset me
behind and before,
and laid thine hand
upon me.
Such knowledge is
too wonderful for me;
it is high, I cannot
attain unto it.
Whither shall I go
from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee
from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven,
thou art there: If I make
my bed in hell, behold,
thou art there.
If I take the wings
of the morning, and
dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea;
Even there shall thy hand
lead me, and thy right hand
shall hold me.
If I say, Surely the darkness
shall cover me; even the
night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not
from thee; but the night shineth
as the day: the darkness and
the light are both alike to thee.
For thou hast possessed
my reins: thou hast covered
me in my mother's womb.
I will praise thee;
for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works;
and that my soul knoweth
right well.
My substance was not hid
from thee, when I was made
in secret, and curiously
wrought in the lowest parts
of the earth.
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.
How precious also are
thy thoughts unto me,
O God! how great is
the sum of them!
If I should count them,
they are more in number
than the sand: when I awake,
I am still with thee.
Surely thou wilt slay
the wicked, O God:
depart from me therefore,
ye bloody men,
For they speak against thee
wickedly, and thine enemies
take thy name in vain.
Do not I hate them, O LORD,
that hate thee? and am not
I grieved with those that rise
up against thee?
I hate them with perfect hatred:
I count them mine enemies.
Search me, O God,
and know my heart:
try me, and
know my thoughts.
And see if there be
any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way
everlasting.
