Book of Psalms, No. 139
Psalms 139 NASB - New American Standard BibleNo. 139 of the Psalms—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ O LORD, You have 1searched me and known me.
- You 2know [a]when I sit down and [b]when I rise up;
You 3understand my thought from afar. - You [c]4scrutinize my [d]path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. - [e]Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, You 5know it all. - You have 6enclosed me behind and before,
And 7laid Your hand upon me. - Such 8knowledge is 9too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it. - ¶ 10Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence? - 11If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in [f]Sheol, behold, 12You are there. - If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, - Even there Your hand will 13lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me. - If I say, “Surely the 14darkness will [g]overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,” - Even the 15darkness is not dark [h]to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
16Darkness and light are alike to You. - ¶ For You 17formed my [i]inward parts;
You 18wove me in my mother’s womb. - I will give thanks to You, for [j]I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
19Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well. - My [k]20frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the 21depths of the earth; - Your 22eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in 23Your book were all written
The 24days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them. - ¶ How precious also are Your 25thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them! - If I should count them, they would 26outnumber the sand.
When 27I awake, I am still with You. - ¶ O that You would 28slay the wicked, O God;
29Depart from me, therefore, 30men of bloodshed. - For they 31speak [l]against You wickedly,
And Your enemies [m]32take Your name in vain. - Do I not 33hate those who hate You, O LORD?
And do I not 34loathe those who rise up against You? - I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies. - ¶ 35Search me, O God, and know my heart;
36Try me and know my anxious thoughts; - And see if there be any [n]37hurtful way in me,
And 38lead me in the 39everlasting way.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit my sitting
- ^ Lit my rising
- ^ Lit winnow
- ^ Or journeying
- ^ Lit For there is not
- ^ I.e. the nether world
- ^ Lit bruise; some commentators read cover
- ^ Lit from
- ^ Lit kidneys
- ^ Some ancient versions read You are fearfully wonderful
- ^ Lit bones were
- ^ Or of
- ^ Some mss read lift themselves up against You
- ^ Lit way of pain
REFERENCES
- ^ Ps 17:3; 44:21; Je 12:3
- ^ 2Ki 19:27
- ^ Ps 94:11; Is 66:18; Mt 9:4
- ^ Jb 14:16; 31:4
- ^ Heb 4:13
- ^ Ps 34:7; 125:2
- ^ Jb 9:33
- ^ Ro 11:33
- ^ Jb 42:3
- ^ Je 23:24
- ^ Am 9:2-4
- ^ Jb 26:6; Pr 15:11
- ^ Ps 23:2, 3
- ^ Jb 22:13
- ^ Jb 34:22; Da 2:22
- ^ 1Jo 1:5
- ^ Ps 119:73; Is 44:24
- ^ Jb 10:11
- ^ Ps 40:5
- ^ Jb 10:8-10; Ec 11:5
- ^ Ps 63:9
- ^ Jb 10:8-10; Ec 11:5
- ^ Ps 56:8
- ^ Jb 14:5
- ^ Ps 40:5; 92:5
- ^ Ps 40:5
- ^ Ps 3:5
- ^ Is 11:4
- ^ Ps 6:8; 119:115
- ^ Ps 5:6; 26:9
- ^ Jd 15
- ^ Ex 20:7; De 5:11
- ^ 2Ch 19:2; Ps 26:5; 31:6
- ^ Ps 119:158
- ^ Jb 31:6; Ps 26:2
- ^ Ps 7:9; Pr 17:3; Je 11:20; 1Th 2:4
- ^ Ps 146:9; Pr 15:9; 28:10; Je 25:5; 36:3
- ^ Ps 5:8; 143:10
- ^ Ps 16:11
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