Psalm
For the director. Of David. A melody.
139 O Jehovah, you have searched through me, and you know me.+
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up.+
You discern my thoughts from afar.+
5 Behind and before me, you surround me;
And you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is beyond my comprehension.*
It is too high for me to reach.*+
8 If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there,
And if I were to make my bed in the Grave,* look! you would be there.+
9 If I would fly away with the wings of the dawn
To reside by the most remote sea,
10 Even there your hand would lead me
And your right hand would take hold of me.+
11 If I say: “Surely darkness will conceal me!”
Then the night around me would become light.
12 Even the darkness would not be too dark for you,
But night would be as bright as the day;+
Darkness is the same as light to you.+
14 I praise you because in an awe-inspiring way I am wonderfully made.+
15 My bones were not hidden from you
When I was made in secret,
When I was woven in the depths of the earth.+
16 Your eyes even saw me as an embryo;
All its parts were written in your book
Regarding the days when they were formed,
Before any of them existed.
17 So to me, how precious your thoughts are!+
O God, how vast is the sum of them!+
18 If I try to count them, they outnumber the grains of sand.+
When I awake, I am still with you.*+
19 O God, if only you would slay the wicked!+
Then the violent* men would depart from me,
20 Those who say things against you with evil intent;*
They are your adversaries who take up your name in a worthless way.+