Psalm 139

For the chief musician; of David; a psalm. God, you have searched me and you know {me}. 2 You, you know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thought from far away. \* 3 My path and my lying down you have winnowed, and you are familiar with all of my ways. 4 For there is not a word on my tongue; behold, God, you know all of it. 5 Behind and before you have enclosed me, and you have set your palm upon me. 6 {Such} knowledge {is} too wonderful for me; it is high; I am not capable of it. \* 7 Where shall I go from your spirit? And where shall I flee from your face? 8 If I ascend {to} the heavens, you {are} there, and I spread out {in} Sheol, behold, you! \* 9 {If} I lift up the wings of the dawn, dwell in the farthest part of the sea, 10 even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. \* 11 And I said, “Surely darkness will crush me, and night, the light around me.” 12 Even darkness does not make it dark to you, and the night shines like the day; like darkness, like light. \* 13 For you, you created my kidneys; you knit me together in the womb of my mother. 14 I will thank you because fearsomely, I am wonderfully made. Wonderful {are} your works, and my soul knows {it} very well. \* 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, {when} I was woven in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed substance. And in your book all of them were written: the days were formed, and {yet} not one of them {was}. \* 17 And to me, how precious are your thoughts, God! How numerous are their heads! 18 {If} I should count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I {am} still with you. \* 19 If only you would kill the wicked, God! And men of bloodshed, depart from me, 20 who speak of you for an evil purpose; they lift up {your name} to emptiness—your enemies. \* 21 Do I not hate the ones hating you, God? And do I not loathe the ones rising up against you? 22 {With} a completeness of hatred I hate them; they have become enemies to me. \* 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; examine me and know my cares. 24 And see if a way of hurtfulness {is} in me, and lead me in the way of eternity.