Psalms 139

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 I will praise thee, O lord, with my whole heart: for thou hast heard the words of my mouth. I will sing praise to thee in the sight of his angels:	1 For the leader. A psalm of David. O LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
2 I will worship towards thy holy temple, and I will give glory to thy name. For thy mercy, and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy holy name above all.	2 you know when I sit and stand; you understand my thoughts from afar.
3 In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shall multiply strength in my soul.	3 My travels and my rest you mark; with all my ways you are familiar.
4 May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.	4 Even before a word is on my tongue, LORD, you know it all.
5 And let them sing in the ways of the Lord: for great is the glory of the Lord.	5 Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me.
6 For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off.	6 Such knowledge is beyond me, far too lofty for me to reach.
7 If I shall walk in the midst of tribulation, thou wilt quicken me: and thou hast stretched forth thy hand against the wrath of my enemies: and thy right hand hath saved me.	7 Where can I hide from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee?
8 The Lord will repay for me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: O despise not the work of thy hands.	8 If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, you are there too.
	9 If I fly with the wings of dawn and alight beyond the sea,
	10 Even there your hand will guide me, your right hand hold me fast.
	11 If I say, "Surely darkness shall hide me, and night shall be my light" --
	12 Darkness is not dark for you, and night shines as the day. Darkness and light are but one.
	13 You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother's womb.
	14 I praise you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works! My very self you knew;
	15 my bones were not hidden from you, When I was being made in secret, fashioned as in the depths of the earth.
	16 Your eyes foresaw my actions; in your book all are written down; my days were shaped, before one came to be.
	17 How precious to me are your designs, O God; how vast the sum of them!
	18 Were I to count, they would outnumber the sands; to finish, I would need eternity.
	19 If only you would destroy the wicked, O God, and the bloodthirsty would depart from me!
	20 Deceitfully they invoke your name; your foes swear faithless oaths.
	21 Do I not hate, LORD, those who hate you? Those who rise against you, do I not loathe?
	22 With fierce hatred I hate them, enemies I count as my own.
	23 Probe me, God, know my heart; try me, know my concerns.
	24 See if my way is crooked, then lead me in the ancient paths.