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World English Bible

Psalm 139 (WEBP)

[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.

Psalm 139:8 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 139 (KJVS)

[1] «To the chief Musician (), A Psalm of David .» O LORD , thou hast searched () me, and known () [me].
[2] Thou knowest () my downsitting () and mine uprising (), thou understandest () my thought afar off .
[3] Thou compassest () my path and my lying down , and art acquainted () [with] all my ways .
[4] For [there is] not a word in my tongue , [but], lo, O LORD , thou knowest () it altogether.
[5] Thou hast beset () me behind and before , and laid () thine hand upon me.
[6] [Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful () for me; it is high (), I cannot () [attain] unto it.
[7] Whither shall I go () from thy spirit ? or whither shall I flee () from thy presence ?
[8] If I ascend up () into heaven , thou [art] there: if I make my bed () in hell , behold, thou [art there].
[9] [If] I take () the wings of the morning , [and] dwell () in the uttermost parts of the sea ;
[10] Even there shall thy hand lead () me, and thy right hand shall hold () me.
[11] If I say (), Surely the darkness shall cover () me; even the night shall be light about me .
[12] Yea, the darkness hideth () not from thee; but the night shineth () as the day : the darkness and the light [are] both alike [to thee].
[13] For thou hast possessed () my reins : thou hast covered () me in my mother’s womb .
[14] I will praise () thee; for I am fearfully () [and] wonderfully made (): marvellous () [are] thy works ; and [that] my soul knoweth () right well .
[15] My substance was not hid () from thee, when I was made () in secret , [and] curiously wrought () in the lowest parts of the earth .
[16] Thine eyes did see () my substance, yet being unperfect ; and in thy book all [my members] were written (), [which] in continuance were fashioned (), when [as yet there was] none of them.
[17] How precious () also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great () is the sum of them!
[18] [If] I should count () them, they are more in number () than the sand : when I awake (), I am still with thee.
[19] Surely thou wilt slay () the wicked , O God : depart () from me therefore, ye bloody men .
[20] For they speak () against thee wickedly , [and] thine enemies take () [thy name] in vain .
[21] Do not I hate () them, O LORD , that hate () thee? and am not I grieved () with those that rise up against thee?
[22] I hate () them with perfect hatred : I count them mine enemies ().
[23] Search () me, O God , and know () my heart : try () me, and know () my thoughts :
[24] And see () if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead () me in the way everlasting .

Young’s Literal Translation

Psalm 139 (YLT)

[1] Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
[2] Thou-Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
[3] My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted.
[4] For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
[5] Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
[6] Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
[7] Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
[8] If I ascend the heavens-there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!
[9] I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
[10] Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me.
[11] And I say, ‘Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night is light to me.
[12] Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as is darkness so is light.
[13] For Thou-Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother’s belly.
[14] I confess Thee, because that with wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul is knowing it well.
[15] My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
[16] Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed- And not one among them.
[17] And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
[18] I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
[19] Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
[20] Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies.
[21] Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
[22] With perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
[23] Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
[24] And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!