Psalm 139
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New American Standard Bible 1995Holman Christian Standard Bible
1For the choir director. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.1For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.2You know when I sit down and when I stand up; You understand my thoughts from far away.
3You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.3You observe my travels and my rest; You are aware of all my ways.
4Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all.4Before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, LORD.
5You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.5You have encircled me; You have placed Your hand on me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.6This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
7Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.8If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,9If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits,
10Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.10even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me.
11If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,"11If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will be night"--
12Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.12even the darkness is not dark to You. The night shines like the day; darkness and light are alike to You.
13For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.13For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb.
14I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.14I will praise You because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well.
15My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;15My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.16Your eyes saw me when I was formless; all my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began.
17How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!17God, how difficult Your thoughts are for me to comprehend; how vast their sum is!
18If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.18If I counted them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with You.
19O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.19God, if only You would kill the wicked-- you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me--
20For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.20who invoke You deceitfully. Your enemies swear by You falsely.
21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?21 LORD, don't I hate those who hate You, and detest those who rebel against You?
22I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.22I hate them with extreme hatred; I consider them my enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.
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