Psalms 139
139
God Knows Everything
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1Lord, you have examined me
and know all about me.
2You know when I sit down and when I get up.
You know my thoughts before I think them.
3You know where I go and where I lie down.
You know everything I do.
4Lord, even before I say a word,
you already know it.
5You are all around me—in front and in back—
and have put your hand on me.
6Your knowledge is amazing to me;
it is more than I can understand.
7Where can I go to get away from your Spirit?
Where can I run from you?
8If I go up to the heavens, you are there.
If I lie down in the grave, you are there.
9If I rise with the sun in the east
and settle in the west beyond the sea,
10even there you would guide me.
With your right hand you would hold me.
11I could say, “The darkness will hide me.
Let the light around me turn into night.”
12But even the darkness is not dark to you.
The night is as light as the day;
darkness and light are the same to you.
13You made my whole being;
you formed me in my mother’s body.
14I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way.
What you have done is wonderful.
I know this very well.
15You saw my bones being formed
as I took shape in my mother’s body.
When I was put together there,
16you saw my body as it was formed.
All the days planned for me
were written in your book
before I was one day old.
17God, your thoughts are precious to me.
They are so many!
18If I could count them,
they would be more than all the grains of sand.
When I wake up,
I am still with you.
19God, I wish you would kill the wicked!
Get away from me, you murderers!
20They say evil things about you.
Your enemies use your name thoughtlessly.
21Lord, I hate those who hate you;
I hate those who rise up against you.
22I feel only hate for them;
they are my enemies.
23God, examine me and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24See if there is any bad thing in me.
Lead me on the road to everlasting life.
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Psalms 139
139
Psalm 139
The All-Knowing, Ever-Present God
For the choir director. A psalm of David.
1 Lord, you have searched me and known me.#Ps 17:3; 44:21; Jr 12:3
2You know when I sit down and when I stand up;
you understand my thoughts from far away.#2Kg 19:27; Is 66:18; Mt 9:4
3You observe my travels and my rest;
you are aware of all my ways.#Jb 14:16; 31:4
4Before a word is on my tongue,
you know all about it, Lord.#Heb 4:13
5You have encircled me;
you have placed your hand on me.#Jb 9:33; Ps 125:2
6This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.
It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.#Jb 42:3; Rm 11:33
7Where can I go to escape your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?#Jr 23:24
8If I go up to heaven, you are there;#Am 9:2–4
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.#Jb 26:6; Is 14:11
9If I fly on the wings of the dawn
and settle down on the western horizon,#139:9 Lit the end of the sea
10even there your hand will lead me;
your right hand will hold on to me.#Ps 23:2–3
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,
and the light around me will be night”#Jb 22:13–14 —
12even the darkness is not dark to you.
The night shines like the day;
darkness and light are alike to you.#Jb 34:22; Dn 2:22
13For it was you who created my inward parts;#139:13 Lit my kidneys
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.#Jb 10:11; Ps 119:73
14I will praise you
because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.#139:14 DSS, some LXX mss, Syr, Jer read because you are remarkable and wonderful#139:14 Hb obscure
Your works are wondrous,
and I know this very well.#Ps 40:5
15My bones were not hidden from you
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.#Jb 10:8–10; Ps 63:9; Ec 11:5
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.#Jb 14:5
17God, how precious#139:17 Or difficult your thoughts are to me;
how vast their sum is!
18If I counted them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand;#Ps 40:5; 92:5
when I wake up,#139:18 Some Hb mss read I come to an end I am still with you.#Ps 3:5
19God, if only you would kill the wicked —
you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me#Ps 5:6; 6:8; Is 11:4 —
20who invoke you deceitfully.
Your enemies swear by you falsely.#Ex 20:7; Jd 15
21 Lord, don’t I hate those who hate you,
and detest those who rebel against you?
22I hate them with extreme hatred;
I consider them my enemies.#Ps 26:5; 31:16
23Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my concerns.#Jb 31:6; Ps 26:2
24See if there is any offensive#139:24 Or idolatrous way in me;
lead me in the everlasting way.#Ps 16:11
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