139:1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me!
139:1 To the leader. Of David. A Psalm. O LORD, you have searched me and known me.

139:2 Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar.
139:2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.

139:3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
139:3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

139:4 Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
139:4 Even before a word is on my tongue, O LORD, you know it completely.

139:5 Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me.
139:5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.

139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.
139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it.

139:7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
139:7 Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence?

139:8 If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there!
139:8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

139:9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
139:9 If I take the wings of the morning and settle at the farthest limits of the sea,

139:10 even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
139:10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me fast.

139:11 If I say, "Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me be night,"
139:11 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night,"

139:12 even the darkness is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with thee.
139:12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.

139:13 For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb.
139:13 For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

139:14 I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well;
139:14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.

139:15 my frame was not hidden from thee, when I was being made in secret, intricately wrought in the depths of the earth.
139:15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

139:16 Thy eyes beheld my unformed substance; in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
139:16 Your eyes beheld my unformed substance. In your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed.

139:17 How precious to me are thy thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
139:17 How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

139:18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
139:18 I try to count them--they are more than the sand; I come to the end--I am still with you.

139:19 O that thou wouldst slay the wicked, O God, and that men of blood would depart from me,
139:19 O that you would kill the wicked, O God, and that the bloodthirsty would depart from me--

139:20 men who maliciously defy thee, who lift themselves up against thee for evil!
139:20 those who speak of you maliciously, and lift themselves up against you for evil!

139:21 Do I not hate them that hate thee, O LORD? And do I not loathe them that rise up against thee?
139:21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.
139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!
139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.

139:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
139:24 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.