Psalms 139:1 ←
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Psalms 139:2 ←
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Psalms 139:3 ←
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Psalms 139:4 ←
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Psalms 139:5 ←
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Psalms 139:6 ←
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psalms 139:7 ←
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psalms 139:8 ←
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Psalms 139:9 ←
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Psalms 139:10 ←
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psalms 139:11 ←
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psalms 139:12 ←
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psalms 139:13 ←
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Psalms 139:14 ←
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalms 139:15 ←
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psalms 139:16 ←
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Psalms 139:17 ←
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psalms 139:18 ←
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psalms 139:19 ←
Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Psalms 139:20 ←
For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Psalms 139:21 ←
Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Psalms 139:22 ←
I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Psalms 139:23 ←
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Psalms 139:24 ←
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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