Psalms 139
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
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.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
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.
Cross-references
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- 1Heb 4:13, Jer 12:3, Jer 17:9–10, Psa 44:21, Psa 17:3, Psa 139:23, 1Ch 28:9, Psa 11:4–5
- 2Mat 9:4, 2Ki 19:27, Isa 37:28, Luk 9:47, Psa 94:11, Jhn 2:24–25, Pro 15:3, Zec 4:10
- 3Jer 23:24, Job 31:4, Pro 5:20–21, Gen 28:10–17, Psa 121:3–8, 2Sa 12:9–12, Psa 139:18, 2Sa 11:27
- 4Psa 19:14, Heb 4:12–13, Psa 50:19–21, Mat 12:35–37, Job 42:3, Mal 3:13–16, Jer 29:23, Jas 1:26
- 5Psa 34:7, Deu 33:27, Rev 1:17, Job 23:8–9, Exo 24:11, Job 9:33
- 6Rom 11:33, Job 42:3, Psa 40:5, Job 11:7–9, Job 26:14, Pro 30:2–4, Psa 13:1
- 7Jer 23:23–24, Jon 1:3, Jon 1:10
- 8Amo 9:2–4, Job 34:21–22, Jon 2:2, Pro 15:11, Oba 1:4, Job 26:6
- 9Psa 19:6, Psa 74:16–17, Mal 4:2
- 10Psa 23:3, Isa 41:13, Psa 73:23, Psa 63:8, Psa 143:9–10
- 11Job 12:22, Jer 23:24, Psa 94:7, Psa 10:11–13, Job 22:12–14, Isa 29:15
- 12Dan 2:22, Job 34:22, Exo 20:21, Heb 4:13, Job 26:6, Exo 14:20
- 13Jer 1:5, Psa 119:73, Isa 44:2, Job 31:15, Job 10:9–12, Psa 71:6, Psa 22:9–10, Isa 46:3
- 14Gen 1:26–27, Psa 111:2, Psa 104:24, Psa 92:4–5, Job 5:9, Psa 40:5, Rev 15:3
- 15Ecc 11:5, Psa 139:13, Job 10:8–11, Psa 63:9
- 16Psa 56:8, Mal 3:16, Rev 20:12
- 17Psa 40:5, Jer 29:11, Isa 55:8–9, Psa 92:5, Psa 36:7, Eph 3:9–10, Psa 31:19, Pro 8:31
- 18Psa 3:5, Psa 139:3, Psa 40:5, 1Th 5:10, Psa 63:6–7, Psa 16:8–11, Psa 17:15, Isa 26:19
- 19Psa 119:115, Psa 5:6, Isa 11:4, Psa 9:17, Psa 6:8, Psa 64:7, Psa 55:23, 2Co 6:17
- 20Jud 1:15, Exo 20:7, Psa 74:18, Rev 13:6, Psa 2:1–3, Isa 37:28–29, Psa 73:8–9, Isa 37:23
- 21Psa 119:158, Psa 31:6, Rev 2:2, Psa 26:5, 2Ch 19:2, Rev 2:6, Psa 15:4, Psa 119:136
- 22Luk 14:26, Psa 101:3–8
- 23Psa 26:2, 1Pe 1:7, Job 31:6, Pro 17:3, Deu 8:2, Psa 139:1, Zec 13:9, Jer 11:20
- 24Psa 143:10, Jer 17:9–10, Psa 25:8–9, Psa 16:11, Psa 119:32, Psa 5:8, Pro 28:26, Psa 143:8