Psalms 139

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.	1 Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.	2 Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.	3 Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all day long they constructed conflicts.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.	4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. The venom of asps is under their lips.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.	5 Preserve me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner, and rescue me from men of iniquity. They have decided to supplant my steps.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.	6 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare. They have placed a stumbling block for me near the road.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?	7 I said to the Lord: You are my God. O Lord, heed the voice of my supplication.
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.	8 Lord, O Lord, the strength of my salvation: you have overshadowed my head in the day of war.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;	9 O Lord, do not hand me over to the sinner by my desire. They have plotted against me. Do not abandon me, lest they should triumph.
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.	10 The head of those who encompass me, the labor of their lips, will overwhelm them.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.	11 Burning coals will fall upon them. You will cast them down into the fire, into miseries that they will not be able to withstand.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.	12 A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.	13 I know that the Lord will accomplish justice for the needy and vindication for the poor.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.	14 So then, truly, the just will confess your name, and the upright will dwell with your countenance.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, 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 bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, 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 everlasting.