Psalms 139

1O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and knownme.

1O LORD, you have examined me and you know everything about me.

2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

2You know when I sit down and when I get up; you understand my thoughts even from far away.

3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

3You observe me when I travel and when I rest; you are familiar with all my habits.

4For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

4Even before a single word is on my tongue, O LORD, you already know exactly what I am going to say.

5Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.

5You surround me from behind and from the front, and you place your hand of blessing upon me.

6Suchknowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

6This kind of knowledge is too amazing for me; it is so high that I cannot reach it.

7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

7Where could I go to get away from your Spirit? Where could I run to hide from your presence?

8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

8If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the place of the dead, you are there too.

9If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

9If I fly away on the wings of the morning dawn or live in the most distant part of the ocean,

10Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

10even there your hand will guide me, and your strong right hand will hold me steady.

11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

11If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light around me will turn into night,"

12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both aliketo thee.

12even the darkness is not dark to you. The night shines as bright as the day, because darkness and light are the same to you.

13For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

13For you created my internal organs; you knit me together inside 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.

14I thank you because I am made in a remarkable and wonderful way. Your handiwork is amazing, and I know this very well.

15My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

15My skeleton was not hidden from you when I was being formed in secret, woven together in the depths 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.

16You saw my body before it was even formed. Every day of my life was recorded in your book and planned out before a single one of them had even started.

17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

17Your thoughts are so precious to me, O God! There are so many of them!

18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

18If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still there with you.

19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

19O God, I wish you would destroy the wicked! Get away from me, you murderers.

20For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

20They say insulting things about you; your enemies misuse your name for evil purposes.

21Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

21O LORD, shouldn't I hate those who hate you? Shouldn't I feel disgusted by those who rebel against you?

22I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

22I hate them with a total hatred; I consider them my own enemies.

23Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;

23Examine me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

24Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of eternal life.