Psalms 139:1-24 To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David. ¶ O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David. ¶ O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me. ² Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou dost understand my thoughts from afar. ³ Thou hast girded my walk and my rest, and hast prepared all my ways. ⁴ For the word is not even upon my tongue, and, behold, O LORD, thou dost know it altogether. ⁵ Thou hast formed my face and my insides and laid thine hand upon me. ⁶ Thy knowledge is wonderful beyond my ability to comprehend; it is high, I cannot understand it. ⁷ ¶ Where shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence? ⁸ If I ascend to the heavens, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. ⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn 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 cover me; even the night shall shine because of me. ¹² Even the darkness does not hide from thee; but the night shines as the day; the darkness is as the light. ¹³ For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are thy works, and that, my soul knows right well. ¹⁵ My body was not hid from thee, even though I was made in secret and brought together in the lowest parts of the earth. ¹⁶ Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which were then formed, without lacking one of them. ¹⁷ ¶ Therefore, how precious 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 I not hate all those, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? ²² I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them 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 eternal.