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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

[1] Yahweh, you have searched me,
and you know me.
[2] You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar.
[3] You search out my path and my lying down,
and are acquainted with all my ways.
[4] For there is not a word on my tongue,
but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
[5] You hem me in behind and before.
You laid your hand on me.
[6] This knowledge is beyond me.
It’s lofty.
I can’t attain it.
[7] Where could I go from your Spirit?
Or where could I flee from your presence?
[8] If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
If I make my bed in Sheol,ⓘ behold, you are there!
[9] If I take the wings of the dawn,
and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
[10] even there your hand will lead me,
and your right hand will hold me.
[11] If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me.
The light around me will be night,”
[12] even the darkness doesn’t hide from you,
but the night shines as the day.
The darkness is like light to you.
[13] For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
[14] I will give thanks to you,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well.
[15] My frame wasn’t hidden from you,
when I was made in secret,
woven together in the depths of the earth.
[16] Your eyes saw my body.
In your book they were all written,
the days that were ordained for me,
when as yet there were none of them.
[17] How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is their sum!
[18] If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
When I wake up, I am still with you.
[19] If only you, God, would kill the wicked.
Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
[20] For they speak against you wickedly.
Your enemies take your name in vain.
[21] Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you?
Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
[22] I hate them with perfect hatred.
They have become my enemies.
[23] Search me, God, and know my heart.
Try me, and know my thoughts.
[24] See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the everlasting way.

Footnotes

  1. ⓘ 139:8 Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version

To the chief Musician, H5329 A Psalm H4210 of David. H1732

[1] O Lord, H3068 thou hast searched H2713 me, and known H3045 me.
[2] Thou knowest H3045 my downsitting H3427 and mine uprising, H6965 thou understandest H995 my thought H7454 afar off. H7350
[3] Thou compassest H2219§ my path H734 and my lying down, H7252
And art acquainted H5532 with all my ways. H1870
[4] For there is not a word H4405 in my tongue, H3956
But, lo, O Lord, H3068 thou knowest H3045 it altogether.
[5] Thou hast beset H6696 me behind H268 and before, H6924
And laid H7896 thine hand H3709 upon me.
[6] Such knowledge H1847 is too wonderful H6383 H6383 for me;
It is high, H7682 I cannot H3201 attain unto it.
[7] Whither shall I go H3212 from thy spirit? H7307
Or whither shall I flee H1272 from thy presence? H6440
[8] If I ascend up H5266 into heaven, H8064 thou art there:
If I make my bed H3331 in hell, H7585 behold, thou art there.
[9] If I take H5375 the wings H3671 of the morning, H7837
And dwell H7931 in the uttermost parts H319 of the sea; H3220
[10] Even H1571 there H8033 shall thy hand H3027 lead H5148 me,
And thy right hand H3225 shall hold H270 me.
[11] If I say, H559 Surely the darkness H2822 shall cover H7779 me;
Even the night H3915 shall be light H216 about me. H1157
[12] Yea, the darkness H2822 hideth H2821 not H3808§ from H4480 thee; But the night H3915 shineth H215 as the day: H3117
The darkness H2825 and the light H219§ are both alike to thee.
[13] For H3588 thou hast possessed H7069 my reins: H3629
Thou hast covered H5526 me in my mother’s H517 womb. H990
[14] I will praise H3034 thee; for I am fearfully H3372 and wonderfully made: H6395
Marvellous H6381 are thy works; H4639 And that my soul H5315 knoweth H3045 right§ well. H3966
[15] My substance H6108§ was not hid H3582 from H4480 thee,
When I was made H6213 in secret, H5643 and curiously wrought H7551 in the lowest parts H8482 of the earth. H776
[16] Thine eyes H5869 did see H7200 my substance, yet being unperfect; H1564
And in thy book H5612 all my members§ were written, H3789
Which in continuance H3117 were fashioned, H3335§
When as yet there was none H259 of them.
[17] How precious H3365 also are thy thoughts H7454 unto me, O God! H410
How great H6105 is the sum H7218 of them!
[18] If I should count H5608 them, they are more in number H7235 than the sand: H2344
When I awake, H6974 I am still H5750 with thee.
[19] Surely thou wilt slay H6991 the wicked, H7563 O God: H433
Depart H5493 from H4480 me therefore, ye bloody H1818 men. H582
[20] For they speak H559 against thee wickedly, H4209
And thine enemies H6145 take H5375 thy name in vain. H7723
[21] Do not H3808 I hate H8130 them, O Lord, H3068 that hate H8130 thee?
And am not I grieved H6962 with those that rise up H8618 against thee?
[22] I hate H8130 them with perfect H8503 hatred: H8135
I count them mine enemies. H341
[23] Search H2713 me, O God, H410 and know H3045 my heart: H3824
Try H974 me, and know H3045 my thoughts: H8312
[24] And see H7200 if there be any wicked H6090 way H1870§ in me,
And lead H5148 me in the way H1870 everlasting. H5769

Footnotes

  1. § 139:3 Or, winnowest
  2. § 139:12a Heb. darkeneth not
  3. § 139:12b Heb. as is the darkness so is the light
  4. § 139:14 Heb. greatly
  5. § 139:15 Or, strength or body
  6. § 139:16a Heb. all of them
  7. § 139:16b Or, what days they should be fashioned
  8. § 139:24 Heb. way of pain, or grief
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 τέλος· G5056 ψαλμὸς G5568 τῷ G3588 Δαυιδ. G1138 Κύριε, G2962 ἐδοκίμασάς G1381 με G3165 καὶ G2532 ἔγνως G1097 με· G3165 [2] ‡σὺ G4771 ἔγνως G1097 τὴν G3588 καθέδραν G2515 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 ἔγερσίν G1454 μου, G3450 σὺ G4771 συνῆκας G4920 τοὺς G3588 διαλογισμούς G1261 μου G3450 ἀπὸ G575 μακρόθεν· G3113 [3] ‡τὴν G3588 τρίβον G5147 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 σχοῖνόν μου G3450 σὺ G4771 ἐξιχνίασας καὶ G2532 πάσας G3956 τὰς G3588 ὁδούς G3598 μου G3450 προεῖδες. [4] ‡Ὅτι G3754 οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 λόγος G3056 ἐν G1722 γλώσσῃ G1100 μου, G3450 [5] ‡ἰδού, G2400 κύριε, G2962 σὺ G4771 ἔγνως G1097 πάντα, G3956 τὰ G3588 ἔσχατα G2078 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 ἀρχαῖα· G744 σὺ G4771 ἔπλασάς G4111 με G3165 καὶ G2532 ἔθηκας G5087 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμὲ G1691 τὴν G3588 χεῖρά G5495 σου. G4675 [6] ‡Ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ G3588 γνῶσίς G1108 σου G4675 ἐξ G1537 ἐμοῦ· G1699 ἐκραταιώθη, G2901 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 δύνωμαι G1410 πρὸς G4314 αὐτήν. G846 [7] ‡Ποῦ G4226 πορευθῶ G4198 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 πνεύματός G4151 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 προσώπου G4383 σου G4675 ποῦ G4226 φύγω; G5343 [8] ‡Ἐὰν G1437 ἀναβῶ G305 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 οὐρανόν, G3772 σὺ G4771 εἶ G1488 ἐκεῖ· G1563 ἐὰν G1437 καταβῶ G2597 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 ᾅδην, G86 πάρει· G3918 [9] ‡ἐὰν G1437 ἀναλάβοιμι G353 τὰς G3588 πτέρυγάς G4420 μου G3450 κατ’ G2596 ὄρθρον G3722 καὶ G2532 κατασκηνώσω G2681 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ἔσχατα G2078 τῆς G3588 θαλάσσης, G2281 [10] ‡καὶ G2532 γὰρ G1063 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἡ G3588 χείρ G5495 σου G4675 ὁδηγήσει G3594 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 καθέξει G2722 με G3165 ἡ G3588 δεξιά G1188 σου. G4675 [11] ‡Καὶ G2532 εἶπα G2036 Ἄρα G686 σκότος G4655 καταπατήσει G2662 με, G3165 καὶ G2532 νὺξ G3571 φωτισμὸς G5462 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 τρυφῇ G5172 μου· G3450 [12] ‡ὅτι G3754 σκότος G4655 οὐ G3756 σκοτισθήσεται G4654 ἀπὸ G575 σοῦ, G4675 καὶ G2532 νὺξ G3571 ὡς G5613 ἡμέρα G2250 φωτισθήσεται· G5461 ὡς G5613 τὸ G3588 σκότος G4655 αὐτῆς, G846 οὕτως G3779 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 φῶς G5457 αὐτῆς. G846 [13] ‡Ὅτι G3754 σὺ G4771 ἐκτήσω G2932 τοὺς G3588 νεφρούς G3510 μου, G3450 κύριε, G2962 ἀντελάβου G482 μου G3450 ἐκ G1537 γαστρὸς G1064 μητρός G3384 μου. G3450 [14] ‡Ἐξομολογήσομαί G1843 σοι, G4671 ὅτι G3754 φοβερῶς ἐθαυμαστώθην· θαυμάσια G2297 τὰ G3588 ἔργα G2041 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ψυχή G5590 μου G3450 γινώσκει G1097 σφόδρα. G4970 [15] ‡Οὐκ G3756 ἐκρύβη G2928 τὸ G3588 ὀστοῦν G3747 μου G3450 ἀπὸ G575 σοῦ, G4675 ὃ G3739 ἐποίησας G4160 ἐν G1722 κρυφῇ. G2931 Καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ὑπόστασίς G5287 μου G3450 ἐν G1722 τοῖς G3588 κατωτάτοις G2737 τῆς G3588 γῆς· G1093 [16] ‡τὸ G3588 ἀκατέργαστόν μου G3450 εἴδοσαν G1492 οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοί G3788 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸ G3588 βιβλίον G975 σου G4675 πάντες G3956 γραφήσονται· G1125 ἡμέρας G2250 πλασθήσονται, G4111 καὶ G2532 οὐθεὶς G3762 ἐν G1722 αὐτοῖς. G846 [17] ‡Ἐμοὶ G1699 δὲ G1161 λίαν G3029 ἐτιμήθησαν G5091 οἱ G3588 φίλοι G5384 σου, G4675 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 λίαν G3029 ἐκραταιώθησαν G2901 αἱ G3588 ἀρχαὶ G746 αὐτῶν· G846 [18] ‡ἐξαριθμήσομαι αὐτούς, G846 καὶ G2532 ὑπὲρ G5228 ἄμμον G285 πληθυνθήσονται· G4129 ἐξηγέρθην G1825 καὶ G2532 ἔτι G2089 εἰμὶ G1510 μετὰ G3326 σοῦ. G4675 [19] ‡Ἐὰν G1437 ἀποκτείνῃς G615 ἁμαρτωλούς, G268 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 ἄνδρες G435 αἱμάτων, G129 ἐκκλίνατε G1578 ἀπ’ G575 ἐμοῦ. G1699 [20] ‡Ὅτι G3754 ἐρεῖς G2046 εἰς G1519 διαλογισμόν· G1261 λήμψονται G2983 εἰς G1519 ματαιότητα G3153 τὰς G3588 πόλεις G4172 σου. G4675 [21] ‡Οὐχὶ G3780 τοὺς G3588 μισοῦντάς G3404 σε, G4571 κύριε, G2962 ἐμίσησα G3404 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τοῖς G3588 ἐχθροῖς G2190 σου G4675 ἐξετηκόμην; [22] ‡Τέλειον G5046 μῖσος ἐμίσουν G3404 αὐτούς, G846 εἰς G1519 ἐχθροὺς G2190 ἐγένοντό G1096 μοι. G3427 [23] ‡Δοκίμασόν G1381 με, G3165 ὁ G3588 θεός, G2316 καὶ G2532 γνῶθι G1097 τὴν G3588 καρδίαν G2588 μου, G3450 ἔτασόν με G3165 καὶ G2532 γνῶθι G1097 τὰς G3588 τρίβους G5147 μου G3450 [24] ‡καὶ G2532 ἰδὲ G1492 εἰ G1487 ὁδὸς G3598 ἀνομίας G458 ἐν G1722 ἐμοί, G1698 καὶ G2532 ὁδήγησόν G3594 με G3165 ἐν G1722 ὁδῷ G3598 αἰωνίᾳ. G166
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 139:1 Originally verse 138:1.
  2. ‡ 139:2 Originally verse 138:2.
  3. ‡ 139:3 Originally verse 138:3.
  4. ‡ 139:4 Originally verse 138:4.
  5. ‡ 139:5 Originally verse 138:5.
  6. ‡ 139:6 Originally verse 138:6.
  7. ‡ 139:7 Originally verse 138:7.
  8. ‡ 139:8 Originally verse 138:8.
  9. ‡ 139:9 Originally verse 138:9.
  10. ‡ 139:10 Originally verse 138:10.
  11. ‡ 139:11 Originally verse 138:11.
  12. ‡ 139:12 Originally verse 138:12.
  13. ‡ 139:13 Originally verse 138:13.
  14. ‡ 139:14 Originally verse 138:14.
  15. ‡ 139:15 Originally verse 138:15.
  16. ‡ 139:16 Originally verse 138:16.
  17. ‡ 139:17 Originally verse 138:17.
  18. ‡ 139:18 Originally verse 138:18.
  19. ‡ 139:19 Originally verse 138:19.
  20. ‡ 139:20 Originally verse 138:20.
  21. ‡ 139:21 Originally verse 138:21.
  22. ‡ 139:22 Originally verse 138:22.
  23. ‡ 139:23 Originally verse 138:23.
  24. ‡ 139:24 Originally verse 138:24.