Psalms 139
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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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Psalms 139
139
God's Complete Knowledge and Care#Ps 139 Hebrew title: A psalm by David.
1 LORD, you have examined me and you know me.
2You know everything I do;
from far away you understand all my thoughts.
3You see me, whether I am working or resting;
you know all my actions.
4Even before I speak,
you already know what I will say.
5You are all round me on every side;
you protect me with your power.
6Your knowledge of me is too deep;
it is beyond my understanding.
7Where could I go to escape from you?
Where could I get away from your presence?
8If I went up to heaven, you would be there;
if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
9If I flew away beyond the east
or lived in the farthest place in the west,
10you would be there to lead me,
you would be there to help me.
11I could ask the darkness to hide me
or the light round me to turn into night,
12but even darkness is not dark for you,
and the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
13You created every part of me;
you put me together in my mother's womb.
14I praise you because you are to be feared;
all you do is strange and wonderful.
I know it with all my heart.
15When my bones were being formed,
carefully put together in my mother's womb,
when I was growing there in secret,
you knew that I was there —
16you saw me before I was born.
The days allotted to me
had all been recorded in your book,
before any of them ever began.
17O God, how difficult I find your thoughts;#139.17 how difficult I find your thoughts; or how precious are your thoughts to me.
how many of them there are!
18If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
19O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked!
How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
20They say wicked things about you;
they speak evil things against your name.#139.20 Probable text they speak… name; Hebrew unclear.
21O LORD, how I hate those who hate you!
How I despise those who rebel against you!
22I hate them with a total hatred;
I regard them as my enemies.
23Examine me, O God, and know my mind;
test me, and discover my thoughts.
24Find out if there is any evil in me
and guide me in the everlasting way.#139.24 the everlasting way; or the ways of my ancestors.
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