139:1 |
<> Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. |
139:2 |
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. |
139:3 |
You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. |
139:4 |
For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. |
139:5 |
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. |
139:6 |
This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it. |
139:7 |
Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? |
139:8 |
If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! |
139:9 |
If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; |
139:10 |
Even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. |
139:11 |
If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night;" |
139:12 |
even the darkness doesn't hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you. |
139:13 |
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb. |
139:14 |
I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. |
139:15 |
My frame wasn't hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. |
139:16 |
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. |
139:17 |
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! |
139:18 |
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. |
139:19 |
If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! |
139:20 |
For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. |
139:21 |
Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? |
139:22 |
I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. |
139:23 |
Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. |
139:24 |
See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. |