Psalm
For the director. Of David. A melody.
139 O Jehovah, you have searched through me, and you know [me].+
2 You yourself have come to know my sitting down and my rising up.+
You have considered my thought from far off.+
3 My journeying and my lying outstretched you have measured off,+
And you have become familiar even with all my ways.+
5 Behind and before, you have besieged me;
And you place your hand upon me.
8 If I should ascend to heaven, there you would be;+
And if I should spread out my couch in Sheʹol,* look! you [would be there].+
9 Were I to take the wings+ of the dawn,
That I might reside in the most remote sea,+
10 There, also, your own hand would lead me+
And your right hand would lay hold of me.+
11 And were I to say: “Surely darkness itself will hastily seize me!”+
Then night would be light about me.+
12 Even the darkness itself would not prove too dark for you,+
But night itself would shine just as the day does;+
14 I shall laud you because in a fear-inspiring way I am wonderfully made.+
Your works are wonderful,+
As my soul is very well aware.+
16 Your eyes saw even the embryo of me,+
And in your book all its parts were down in writing,
As regards the days when they were formed+
And there was not yet one among them.
19 O that you, O God,* would slay the wicked one!+
Then even the bloodguilty men*+ will certainly depart from me,
20 Who say things about you according to [their] idea;+
They have taken up [your name] in a worthless way+—your adversaries.+