American Standard Version

 

The Book of Psalms

 

Chapter 139

 

 

1.

 

O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].

    
 
 

2.

 

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

    
 
 

3.

 

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

    
 
 

4.

 

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

    
 
 

5.

 

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

    
 
 

6.

 

[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

    
 
 

7.

 

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

    
 
 

8.

 

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

    
 
 

9.

 

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

    
 
 

10.

 

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

    
 
 

11.

 

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

    
 
 

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].

    
 
 

13.

 

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

    
 
 

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.

    
 
 

15.

 

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

    
 
 

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.

    
 
 

17.

 

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

    
 
 

18.

 

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

    
 
 

19.

 

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

    
 
 

20.

 

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

    
 
 

21.

 

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

    
 
 

22.

 

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

    
 
 

23.

 

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

    
 
 

24.

 

And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 140 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

    
 
 

Psalms 140

 

 

 

 

 
 
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