Psalms 139
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Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17How precious to me are your thoughts,#139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
19If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
21Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
23Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
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Tehillim (Psalms) 139
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1O יהוה, You have searched me And know me.
2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar.
3You sift my path and my lying down, And know well all my ways.
4For there is not a word on my tongue, But see, O יהוה, You know it all!
5You have closed me in, behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me –
6Knowledge too wondrous for me, It is high, I am unable to reach it.
7Where would I go from Your Spirit? Or where would I flee from Your face?
8If I go up into the heavens, You are there; If I make my bed in She’ol, see, You are there.
9I take the wings of the morning, I dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10There, too, Your hand would lead me, And Your right hand hold me.
11If I say, “Darkness shall cover me,” Then night would be light to me;
12Even darkness is not dark for You, But night shines as the day – As is darkness, so is light.
13For You, You possessed my kidneys, You have covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I give thanks to You, For I am awesomely and wondrously made! Wondrous are Your works, And my being knows it well.
15My bones were not concealed from You, When I was shaped in a hidden place, Knit together in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed body. And in Your book all of them were written, The days they were formed, While none was among them.
17And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O Ěl! How great has been the sum of them!
18If I should count them, They would be more than the sand; When I wake up, I am still with You.
19Oh, that You would kill the wrong, O Eloah! Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed!
20They speak against You wickedly. Bring Your enemies to naught!
21O יהוה, do I not hate them, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22With a complete hatred I hate them; They have become my enemies.
23Search me, O Ěl, and know my heart; Try me, and know my thoughts;
24And see if an idolatrous way is in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
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