Psalms 139
Theme: God is all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful, and everywhere present. God knows us, God is with us, and his greatest gift is to allow us to know him.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. +
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. +
3Thou compassest 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 LORD, thou knowest it altogether. +
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. +
6Such knowledge 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 hell, 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 cover me; even the night shall be light about me. +
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. +
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. +
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. +
16Thine 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. +
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 bloody men. +
20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. +
21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them 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. +