Psalms 139
139
You Know All About Me
For the Pure and Shining One
King David’s poetic song
1Lord, you know everything there is to know about me.
2You perceive every movement of my heart and soul,
and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind.
3-4You are so intimately aware of me, Lord.
You read my heart like an open book
and you know all the words I’m about to speak
before I even start a sentence!
You know every step I will take before my journey even begins.
5You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way,
and in kindness you follow behind me
to spare me from the harm of my past. # 139:5 Or “You hem me in [lit. “besiege me”] before and behind.” The implication is that God protects the psalmist from what may come in the future and what has happened in the past.
You have laid your hand on me!
6This is just too wonderful, deep, and incomprehensible!
Your understanding of me brings me wonder and strength. # 139:6 As translated from the Septuagint. The Hebrew reads “too high to understand.”
7Where could I go from your Spirit?
Where could I run and hide from your face?
8If I go up to heaven, you’re there!
If I go down to the realm of the dead, you’re there too!
9If I fly with wings into the shining dawn, you’re there!
If I fly into the radiant sunset, # 139:9 Implied in the Hebrew, which reads “the remote parts of the sea” or “beyond the horizon to the west.” The sea is west of Israel. you’re there waiting!
10Wherever I go, your hand will guide me;
your strength will empower me.
11It’s impossible to disappear from you
or to ask the darkness to hide me,
for your presence is everywhere, bringing light into my night.
12There is no such thing as darkness with you.
The night, to you, is as bright as the day;
there’s no difference between the two.
13You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside
and my intricate outside,
and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. # 139:13 The Hebrew word for “knit” or “wove” can also be translated “covered” or “defended.” God places an eternal spirit inside the conceived child within the womb of a mother and covers that life, sends the child a guardian angel, and watches over him or her.
14I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex!
Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking.
It simply amazes me to think about it!
How thoroughly you know me, Lord!
15You even formed every bone in my body
when you created me in the secret place; # 139:15 The Hebrew text is literally “the depths of the earth.”
carefully, skillfully you shaped me # 139:15 Or “embroidered me.” from nothing to something.
16You saw who you created me to be before I became me! # 139:16 The Hebrew could be translated “as an embryo.”
Before I’d ever seen the light of day,
the number of days you planned for me
were already recorded in your book. # 139:16 See Ps. 69:28.
17-18Every single moment you are thinking of me!
How precious and wonderful to consider
that you cherish me constantly in your every thought!
O God, your desires toward me are more
than the grains of sand on every shore!
When I awake each morning, you’re still with me.
19O God, come and slay these bloodthirsty, murderous men!
For I cry out, “Depart from me, you wicked ones!”
20See how they blaspheme your sacred name
and lift up themselves against you, but all in vain!
21Lord, can’t you see how I despise those who despise you?
For I grieve when I see them rise up against you.
22I have nothing but complete hatred and disgust for them.
Your enemies shall be my enemies!
23God, I invite your searching gaze into my heart.
Examine me through and through;
find out everything that may be hidden within me.
Put me to the test and sift through all my anxious cares.
24See if there is any path of pain I’m walking on,
and lead me back to your glorious, everlasting way—
the path that brings me back to you.
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139
For the music director. A psalm of David.
1Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know everything about me!
2You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know what I'm thinking even when I'm a long way away.
3You observe where I go and when I rest. You're familiar with everything I do.
4Lord, you even know what I'm going to say before I say it.
5You're always there—behind me, in front of me, and all around me. You place your caring hand on me.
6This amazing knowledge#139:6. God's knowledge of the psalmist. you have is far beyond me, way beyond my understanding!
7Where can I go that you're not already there? Where can I run to escape your presence?
8If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I lie down in Sheol,#139:8. The place of the dead. look—you are there too!
9If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea,
10even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.
11If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me,
12Even darkness would not be dark for you, and the night would be bright as day, for darkness is like light to you.
13You made me from the inside out,#139:13. Literally, “kidneys,” as representative of internal organs. shaping me in my mother's womb.
14I praise you for making me in such an awesome and wonderful way. What you do is incredible—I realize this completely!
15My growing body#139:15. “My growing body,” literally, “my bones.” was not hidden from you as I was formed in secret, as I was intricately put together “in the depths of the earth.”#139:15. “In the depths of the earth”: this may relate to a belief that children were formed in the earth before entering the womb, or it may simply be a metaphor for the womb. In any case the point being made is that God observed the process that is hidden from human eyes.
16You saw me as an embryo, and in your book all my days were written down—the days that were made for me before any of them existed.
17God, your thoughts are so valuable#139:17. Or “challenging.” to me! Taken together, they can't be counted!
18If I tried to count them, they would be more than every grain of sand. Yet when I awake#139:18. “Awake”: or “come to an end of counting.” I am still with you.
19God, if you would only kill the wicked! Murderers,#139:19. Literally, “men of blood.” get away from me!
20When they speak of you they're being deceptively evil. Since they are your enemies, they call on you in vain.
21Lord, don't I hate those who hate you? I despise those who rebel against you!
22I hate them with absolute hatred—they have become my enemies!
23Examine me carefully, God, so you can be sure of my true feelings. Check me out so you can know what I really think.
24Please show me if I'm following any kind of idol, and lead me along the path of eternal life.
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