Psalms 139
139
PSALM 139
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, thou hast me search'd and known.
2Thou know'st my sitting down,
And rising up; yea, all my thoughts
afar to thee are known.
3My footsteps, and my lying down,
thou compassest always;
Thou also most entirely art
acquaint with all my ways.
4For in my tongue, before I speak,
not any word can be,
But altogether, lo, O Lord,
it is well known to thee.
5Behind, before, thou hast beset,
and laid on me thine hand.
6Such knowledge is too strange for me,
too high to understand.
7From thy Sp'rit whither shall I go?
or from thy presence fly?
8Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there;
there, if in hell I lie.
9Take I the morning wings, and dwell
in utmost parts of sea;
10Ev'n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead,
thy right hand hold shall me.
11If I do say that darkness shall
me cover from thy sight,
Then surely shall the very night
about me be as light.
12Yea, darkness hideth not from thee,
but night doth shine as day:
To thee the darkness and the light
are both alike alway.
13For thou possessed hast my reins,
and thou hast cover'd me,
When I within my mother's womb
inclosed was by thee.
14Thee will I praise; for fearfully
and strangely made I am;
Thy works are marv'llous, and right well
my soul doth know the same.
15My substance was not hid from thee,
when as in secret I
Was made; and in earth's lowest parts
was wrought most curiously.
16Thine eyes my substance did behold,
yet being unperfect;
And in the volume of thy book
my members all were writ;
Which after in continuance
were fashion'd ev'ry one,
When as they yet all shapeless were,
and of them there was none.
17How precious also are thy thoughts,
O gracious God, to me!
And in their sum how passing great
and numberless they be!
18If I should count them, than the sand
they more in number be:
What time soever I awake,
I ever am with thee.
19Thou, Lord, wilt sure the wicked slay:
hence from me bloody men.
20Thy foes against thee loudly speak,
and take thy name in vain.
21Do not I hate all those, O Lord,
that hatred bear to thee?
With those that up against thee rise
can I but grieved be?
22With perfect hatred them I hate,
my foes I them do hold.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart,
try me, my thoughts unfold:
24And see if any wicked way
there be at all in me;
And in thine everlasting way
to me a leader be.
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Psalms 139
139
To the Heavenly Worship Leader, A Psalm (sacred song about or to God) of David [Beloved].
1O Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], youi have searched me, and known [me].
2youi know my downsitting and mine uprising, youi understand my thought afar off.
3youi compass (go around, encircle; encompass) my path and my lying down, and are acquainted [with] all my ways.
4For [there is] not a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], youi know it altogether.
5youi have beset me behind and before, and laid youri hand upon me.
6 [Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
7To where shall I go from youri spirit? or to which shall I flee from youri presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, youi [are] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, youi [are there].
9 [If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there shall youri hand lead me, and youri right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hides not from youi; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to youi].
13For youi have possessed my reins (literally, kidneys; figuratively, seat of emotion): youi have covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I will praise youi; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvelous [are] youri works; and [that] my soul knows right well.
15My substance was not hid from youi, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Your2s eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in youri book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
17How precious also are youri thoughts unto me, O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]! how great is the sum of them!
18 [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with youi.
19Surely youi will slay the wicked, O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]: depart from me therefore, you2f bloody men.
20For they speak against youi wickedly, [and] youri enemies take [youri name] in vain.
21Do not I hate them, O Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], that hate youi? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against youi?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23Search me, O God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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