American Standard Version

Psalms 139

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¹O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme. ²Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. ³Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. ⁴For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. ⁵Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me. ⁶Suchknowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it. ⁷Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? ⁸If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. ⁹If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; ¹⁰Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. ¹¹If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night; ¹²Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both aliketo thee. ¹³For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well. ¹⁵My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. ¹⁶Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Eventhe days that were ordainedfor me, When as yet there was none of them. ¹⁷How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! ¹⁸If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee. ¹⁹Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men. ²⁰For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain. ²¹Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? ²²I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies. ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; ²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.