Psalm 139
139
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, you have #Jer. 12:3; See Ps. 7:9; 17:3; 44:21searched me and known me!
2You #2 Kgs. 19:27; Lam. 3:63 know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you #[Job 14:16; 31:4; Matt. 9:4; John 2:24, 25]discern my thoughts from afar.
3You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, #Heb. 4:13you know it altogether.
5You #Job 19:8 hem me in, behind and before,
and #Job 9:33lay your hand upon me.
6 #
Rom. 11:33 Such knowledge is #Job 42:3too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
7 # [Jer. 23:24] Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where #Jonah 1:3shall I flee from your presence?
8 # [Amos 9:2] If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
# [Job 26:6] If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10even there your hand shall #ver. 24; Ps. 23:3lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, #[Job 22:14]“Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 #
Job 34:22; [Dan. 2:22] even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
13For you #Deut. 32:6 formed my inward parts;
you #[Job 10:11]knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.#139:14 Or for I am fearfully set apart
# See Ps. 72:18 Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 # [Job 10:8-10; Eccles. 11:5] My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in #Ps. 63:9the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your #Ps. 56:8book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
17How precious to me are your #Ps. 92:5thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 #
Ps. 40:5 If I would count them, they are more than #Gen. 22:17the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
19Oh that you would #Isa. 11:4; [Ps. 9:17] slay the wicked, O God!
O #Ps. 5:6 men of blood, #See Ps. 6:8depart from me!
20They #[Jude 15] speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies #Ex. 20:7take your name in vain.#139:20 Hebrew lacks your name
21 # See Ps. 26:5 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not #Ps. 119:158 loathe those who #Ps. 59:1rise up against you?
22I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart!
#
Ps. 26:2
Try me and know my thoughts!#139:23 Or cares
24And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and #ver. 10 lead me in #[Jer. 6:16; 18:15]the way everlasting!#139:24 Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16)
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Tehillim (Psa) 139
139
1For the leader. A psalm of David:
Adonai, you have probed me, and you know me.
2You know when I sit and when I stand up,
you discern my inclinations from afar,
3you scrutinize my daily activities.
You are so familiar with all my ways
4that before I speak even a word, Adonai,
you know all about it already.
5You have hemmed me in both behind and in front
and laid your hand on me.
6Such wonderful knowledge is beyond me,
far too high for me to reach.
7Where can I go to escape your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8If I climb up to heaven, you are there;
if I lie down in Sh’ol, you are there.
9If I fly away with the wings of the dawn
and land beyond the sea,
10even there your hand would lead me,
your right hand would hold me fast.
11If I say, “Let darkness surround me,
let the light around me be night,”
12even darkness like this
is not too dark for you;
rather, night is as clear as day,
darkness and light are the same.
13For you fashioned my inmost being,
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I thank you because I am awesomely made,
wonderfully; your works are wonders —
I know this very well.
15My bones were not hidden from you
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes could see me as an embryo,
but in your book all my days were already written;
my days had been shaped
before any of them existed.
17God, how I prize your thoughts!
How many of them there are!
18If I count them, there are more than grains of sand;
if I finish the count, I am still with you.
19God, if only you would kill off the wicked!
Men of blood, get away from me!
20They invoke your name for their crafty schemes;
yes, your enemies misuse it.
21Adonai, how I hate those who hate you!
I feel such disgust with those who defy you!
22I hate them with unlimited hatred!
They have become my enemies too.
23Examine me, God, and know my heart;
test me, and know my thoughts.
24See if there is in me any hurtful way,
and lead me along the eternal way.
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