139: 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
139: 3 Thou 774searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
774Or, winnowest my path
139: 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
139: 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
139: 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
139: 7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
139: 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
139: 9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
139: 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
139: 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall 775break me, 776And the light about me shall be night;
775Or, overwhelm Cf. Ge 3:15 and footnote.
776Or, Then the night shall be light about me;
139: 12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
139: 13 For thou didst 777form my 778inward parts: Thou didst 779cover me in my mother’s womb.
777Lit. acquire
778Hb. kidneys: or, reins:
779Or, knit me together in my mother’s womb.
139: 14 I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And my soul knoweth that right well.
139: 15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
139: 16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.
139: 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
139: 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
139: 19 780Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
780Or, Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God!
139: 20 For they 781speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies 782take thy name in vain.
781Or, utter thy name (Hb. thee) wickedly, Hbmg reads rebel against thee wickedly,
782Or, lift themselves up against thee for vanity.
139: 21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And 783am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
783Or, do not I loathe those that rise up
139: 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
139: 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
139: 24 And see if there be any 784wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
784Or, way of pain in me,
