Psalms 139

NEW JERUSALEM	STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH
1 [For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] Yahweh, you examine me and know me,	1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמֹור יְהוָה חֲקַרְתַּנִי וַתֵּדָע
2 you know when I sit, when I rise, you understand my thoughts from afar.	2 אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּי וְקוּמִי בַּנְתָּה לְרֵעִי מֵרָחֹוק
3 You watch when I walk or lie down, you know every detail of my conduct.	3 אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִיתָ וְכָל־דְּרָכַי הִסְכַּנְתָּה
4 A word is not yet on my tongue before you, Yahweh, know all about it.	4 כִּי אֵין מִלָּה בִּלְשֹׁונִי הֵן יְהוָה יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּהּ
5 You fence me in, behind and in front, you have laid your hand upon me.	5 אָחֹור וָקֶדֶם צַרְתָּנִי וַתָּשֶׁת עָלַי כַּפֶּכָה
6 Such amazing knowledge is beyond me, a height to which I cannot attain.	6 [פִּלְאִיָּה כ] (פְּלִיאָה ק) דַעַת מִמֶּנִּי נִשְׂגְּבָה לֹא־אוּכַל לָהּ
7 Where shall I go to escape your spirit? Where shall I flee from your presence?	7 אָנָה אֵלֵךְ מֵרוּחֶךָ וְאָנָה מִפָּנֶיךָ אֶבְרָח
8 If I scale the heavens you are there, if I lie flat in Sheol, there you are.	8 אִם־אֶסַּק מַיִם שָׁם אָתָּה וְאַצִּיעָה שְּׁאֹול הִנֶּךָּ
9 If I speed away on the wings of the dawn, if I dwel beyond the ocean,	9 אֶשָּׂא כַנְפֵי־שָׁחַר אֶשְׁכְּנָה בְּאַחֲרִית יָם
10 even there your hand will be guiding me, your right hand holding me fast.	10 גַּםשָׁ־ם יָדְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְתֹאחֲזֵנִי יְמִינֶךָ
11 I will say, 'Let the darkness cover me, and the night wrap itself around me,'	11 וָאֹמַר אַךְ־חֹשֶׁךְ יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְלַיְלָה אֹור בַּעֲדֵנִי
12 even darkness to you is not dark, and night is as clear as the day.	12 גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא־יַחְשִׁיךְ מִמֶּךָ וְלַיְלָה כַּיֹּום יָאִיר כַּחֲשֵׁיכָה כָּאֹורָה
13 You created my inmost self, knit me together in my mother's womb.	13 כִּי־אַתָּה קָנִיתָ כִלְיֹתָי תְּסֻכֵּנִי בְּבֶטֶן אִמִּי
14 For so many marvels I thank you; a wonder am I, and al your works are wonders. You knew methrough and through,	14 אֹודְךָ עַל כִּי נֹורָאֹות נִפְלֵיתִי נִפְלָאִים מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וְנַפְשִׁי יֹדַעַת מְאֹד
15 my being held no secrets from you, when I was being formed in secret, textured in the depths of theearth.	15 לֹא־נִכְחַד עָצְמִי מִמֶּךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂיתִי בַסֵּתֶר רֻקַּמְתִּי בְּתַחְתִּיֹּות אָרֶץ
16 Your eyes could see my embryo. In your book all my days were inscribed, every one that was fixedis there.	16 גָּלְמִי ׀ רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ וְעַל־סִפְרְךָ כֻּלָּם יִכָּתֵבוּ יָמִים יֻצָּרוּ [וְלֹא כ] (וְלֹו ק) אֶחָד בָּהֶם
17 How hard for me to grasp your thoughts, how many, God, there are!	17 וְלִי מַה־יָּקְרוּ רֵעֶיךָ אֵל מֶה עָצְמוּ רָאשֵׁיהֶם
18 If I count them, they are more than the grains of sand; if I come to an end, I am stil with you.	18 אֶסְפְּרֵם מֵחֹול יִרְבּוּן הֱקִיצֹתִי וְעֹודִי עִמָּךְ
19 If only, God, you would kil the wicked!-Men of violence, keep away from me!-	19 אִם־תִּקְטֹל אֱלֹוהַּ ׀ רָשָׁע וְאַנְשֵׁי דָמִים סוּרוּ מֶנִּי
20 those who speak blasphemously about you, and take no account of your thoughts.	20 אֲשֶׁר יֹאמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּה נָשֻׂא לַשָּׁוְא עָרֶיךָ
21 Yahweh, do I not hate those who hate you, and loathe those who defy you?	21 הֲלֹוא־מְשַׂנְאֶיךָ יְהוָה ׀ אֶשְׂנָא וּבִתְקֹומְמֶיךָ אֶתְקֹוטָט
22 My hate for them has no limits, I regard them as my own enemies.	22 תַּכְלִית שִׂנְאָה שְׂנֵאתִים לְאֹויְבִים הָיוּ לִי
23 God, examine me and know my heart, test me and know my concerns.	23 חָקְרֵנִי אֵל וְדַע לְבָבִי בְּחָנֵנִי וְדַע שַׂרְעַפָּי
24 Make sure that I am not on my way to ruin, and guide me on the road of eternity.	24 וּרְאֵה אִם־דֶּרֶךְ־עֹצֶב בִּי וּנְחֵנִי בְּדֶרֶךְ עֹולָם