PSALM 139
1 For the lead player, a David psalm. LORD, You searched me and You know,
2It is You Who know when I sit and I rise,
You fathom my thoughts from afar.
3 My path and my lair You winnow,
and with all my ways are familiar.
4For there is no word on my tongue
but that You, O LORD, wholly know it.
5From behind and in front You shaped me,
and You set Your palm upon me.
6Knowledge is too wondrous for me,
high above—I cannot attain it.
7Where can I go from Your spirit,
and where from before You flee?
8If I soar to the heavens, You are there,
if I bed down in Sheol—there You are.
9If I take wing with the dawn,
if I dwell at the ends of the sea,
10there, too, Your hand leads me,
and Your right hand seizes me.
11Should I say, “Yes, darkness will swathe me,
and the night will be light for me,
12Darkness itself will not darken for You,
and the night will light up like the day,
the dark and the light will be one.
13For You created my innermost parts,
wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I acclaim You, for fearsomely I am set apart,
wondrous are Your acts,
and my being deeply knows it.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
when I was made in a secret place,
16 My unformed shape Your eyes did see,
and in Your book all was written down.
17 As for me, how weighty are Your thoughts, O God,
how numerous their sum.
18 Should I count them, they would be more than the sand.
I awake, and am still with You.
19Would You but slay the wicked, God—
O men of blood, turn away from me!—
20Who say Your name to scheme,
Your enemies falsely swear.
21Why, those who hate You, LORD, I hate,
and those against You I despise.
22With utter hatred I do hate them,
they become my enemies.
23Search me, God, and know my heart,
24And see if a vexing way be in me,