PSALM 139

139:1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O the Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me. 139:2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. 139:3 Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 139:4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O the Lord, Thou knowest it altogether. 139:5 Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me. 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it. 139:7 Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? 139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the netherworld, behold, Thou art there. 139:9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 139:10 Even there would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me. 139:11 And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night'; 139:12 Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light. 139:13 For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb. 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. 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.

139:16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written--even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. 139:17 How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 139:18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee. 139:19 If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God--depart from me therefore, ye men of blood; 139:20 Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies-139:21 Do not I hate them, O the Lord, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee? 139:22 I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies. 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts; 139:24 And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Hebrew Transliteration 139:1 lamnatsach ledhvidh mizmor Adonay chaqartaniyvattdh` 139:2 'atth ydha`t shibhtiy vequmiy banth ler`iy mrchoq 139:3 'rechiy veribh`iy zriyth vekhol-derkhay hiskanth 139:4 kiy 'yn millhbilshoniy hn Adonay ydha`t khullh 139:5 'chor vqedhem tsartniyvattsheth `lay kappekhh 139:6 pil'iyyh [peliy'h] dha`ath mimmenniynisgebhh lo'-'ukhal lh

139:7 'nh 'lkh mruchekha ve'nh mippneykha'ebhrch 139:8 'im-'essaq shmayim shm 'tth ve'atsiy`h she'ol hinnekh 139:9 'es' khanphy-shchar 'eshkenh be'achariyth ym 139:10 gam-shm ydhkhathanchniy vetho'chazniy yemiynekha 139:11 v'omar 'akh-choshekh yeshuphniyvelaylh 'or ba`adhniy 139:12 gam-choshekh lo'-yachshiykh mimmekhavelaylh kayyom y'iyr kachashykhh k'orh 139:13 kiy-'atth qniythkhilyothy tesukkniy bebhethen 'immiy 139:14 'odhekha `al kiy nor'othniphlythiy niphl'iym ma`aseykha venaphshiy yodha`ath me'odh 139:15 lo'-nikhchadh `tsmiy mimmekh 'asher-`usythiy bhassther ruqqamtiybethachtiyyoth 'rets 139:16 golmiy r'u `yneykha ve`al-siphrekha kullmyikkthbhu ymiym yutsru velo' [v][lo] 'echdh bhem 139:17 veliymah-yqru r`eykha 'l meh `tsmu r'shyhem 139:18 'esperm mcholyirbun heqiytsothiy ve`odhiy `immkh 139:19 'im-tiqthol 'eloah rsh`ve'anshy dhmiym suru menniy 139:20 'asher yo'mrukha limzimmhnsu' lashv' `reykha 139:21 halo'-mesan'eykha Adonay 'esn'ubhithqomemeykha 'ethqothth 139:22 takhliyth sin'h sen'thiym le'oyebhiymhyu liy 139:23 chqrniy 'l vedha` lebhbhiy bechnniy vedha` sar`appy. 139:24 ure'h 'im-derekh-`otsebh biy unechniy bedherekh `olm