139:1
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.
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