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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] 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.

Psalm 139:3 Or, winnowest
Psalm 139:12a Heb. darkeneth not
Psalm 139:12b Heb. as is the darkness so is the light
Psalm 139:14 Heb. greatly
Psalm 139:15 Or, strength or body
Psalm 139:16a Heb. all of them
Psalm 139:16b Or, what days they should be fashioned
Psalm 139:24 Heb. way of pain, or grief

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 139 (BYZ)

[1] [138:1] εις το τελος ψαλμος τω δαυιδ κυριε εδοκιμασας με και εγνως με
[2] [138:2] συ εγνως την καθεδραν μου και την εγερσιν μου συ συνηκας τους διαλογισμους μου απο μακροθεν
[3] [138:3] την τριβον μου και την σχοινον μου συ εξιχνιασας και πασας τας οδους μου προειδες
[4] [138:4] οτι ουκ εστιν λογος εν γλωσση μου
[5] [138:5] ιδου κυριε συ εγνως παντα τα εσχατα και τα αρχαια συ επλασας με και εθηκας επ εμε την χειρα σου
[6] [138:6] εθαυμαστωθη η γνωσις σου εξ εμου εκραταιωθη ου μη δυνωμαι προς αυτην
[7] [138:7] που πορευθω απο του πνευματος σου και απο του προσωπου σου που φυγω
[8] [138:8] εαν αναβω εις τον ουρανον συ ει εκει εαν καταβω εις τον αδην παρει
[9] [138:9] εαν αναλαβοιμι τας πτερυγας μου κατ ορθρον και κατασκηνωσω εις τα εσχατα της θαλασσης
[10] [138:10] και γαρ εκει η χειρ σου οδηγησει με και καθεξει με η δεξια σου
[11] [138:11] και ειπα αρα σκοτος καταπατησει με και νυξ φωτισμος εν τη τρυφη μου
[12] [138:12] οτι σκοτος ου σκοτισθησεται απο σου και νυξ ως ημερα φωτισθησεται ως το σκοτος αυτης ουτως και το φως αυτης
[13] [138:13] οτι συ εκτησω τους νεφρους μου κυριε αντελαβου μου εκ γαστρος μητρος μου
[14] [138:14] εξομολογησομαι σοι οτι φοβερως εθαυμαστωθην θαυμασια τα εργα σου και η ψυχη μου γινωσκει σφοδρα
[15] [138:15] ουκ εκρυβη το οστουν μου απο σου ο εποιησας εν κρυφη και η υποστασις μου εν τοις κατωτατοις της γης
[16] [138:16] το ακατεργαστον μου ειδοσαν οι οφθαλμοι σου και επι το βιβλιον σου παντες γραφησονται ημερας πλασθησονται και ουθεις εν αυτοις
[17] [138:17] εμοι δε λιαν ετιμηθησαν οι φιλοι σου ο θεος λιαν εκραταιωθησαν αι αρχαι αυτων
[18] [138:18] εξαριθμησομαι αυτους και υπερ αμμον πληθυνθησονται εξηγερθην και ετι ειμι μετα σου
[19] [138:19] εαν αποκτεινης αμαρτωλους ο θεος ανδρες αιματων εκκλινατε απ εμου
[20] [138:20] οτι ερεις εις διαλογισμον λημψονται εις ματαιοτητα τας πολεις σου
[21] [138:21] ουχι τους μισουντας σε κυριε εμισησα και επι τοις εχθροις σου εξετηκομην
[22] [138:22] τελειον μισος εμισουν αυτους εις εχθρους εγενοντο μοι
[23] [138:23] δοκιμασον με ο θεος και γνωθι την καρδιαν μου ετασον με και γνωθι τας τριβους μου
[24] [138:24] και ιδε ει οδος ανομιας εν εμοι και οδηγησον με εν οδω αιωνια