Psalm 139 - American Standard Version 2015 American Standard Version 2015
Psalm 139

¹ {\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known {\i me}.

² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;\par\tab Thou understandest my thought afar off.

³ Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,\par\tab And art acquainted with all my ways.

⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue,\par\tab But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before,\par\tab And laid thy hand upon me.

⁶ {\i Such} knowledge is too wonderful for me;\par\tab It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

⁷ Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?\par\tab Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:\par\tab If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning,\par\tab And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me,\par\tab And thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me,\par\tab And the light about me shall be night;

¹² Even the darkness hideth not from thee,\par\tab But the night shineth as the day:\par\tab The darkness and the light are both alike {\i to thee}.

¹³ For thou didst form my inward parts:\par\tab Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

¹⁴ I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:\par\tab Wonderful are thy works;\par\tab And that my soul knoweth right well.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from thee,\par\tab When I was made in secret,\par\tab {\i And} curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁶ Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance;\par\tab And in thy book they were all written,\par\tab {\i Even} the days that were ordained {\i for me},\par\tab When as yet there was none of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!\par\tab How great is the sum of them!

¹⁸ If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:\par\tab When I awake, I am still with thee.

¹⁹ Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:\par\tab Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

²⁰ For they speak against thee wickedly,\par\tab And thine enemies take {\i thy name} in vain.

²¹ Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee?\par\tab And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

²² I hate them with perfect hatred:\par\tab They are become mine enemies.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart:\par\tab Try me, and know my thoughts;

²⁴ And see if there be any wicked way in me,\par\tab And lead me in the way everlasting.