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