Chapter:

The Book of Psalms

Chapter 139

American Standard Version

Ps 139:1	O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Ps 139:2	Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
Ps 139:3	Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
Ps 139:4	For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
Ps 139:5	Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
Ps 139:6	Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Ps 139:7	Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Ps 139:8	If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
Ps 139:9	If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Ps 139:10	Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
Ps 139:11	If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
Ps 139:12	Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Ps 139:13	For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
Ps 139:14	I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.
Ps 139:15	My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Ps 139:16	Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.
Ps 139:17	How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
Ps 139:18	If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
Ps 139:19	Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
Ps 139:20	For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Ps 139:21	Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Ps 139:22	I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
Ps 139:23	Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
Ps 139:24	And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.