Psalm 139:1-12

World English Bible

139 Yahweh, you have searched me,
    and you know me.
² You know my sitting down and my rising up.
    You perceive my thoughts from afar.
³ You search out my path and my lying down,
    and are acquainted with all my ways.
⁴ For there is not a word on my tongue,
    but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
⁵ You hem me in behind and before.
    You laid your hand on me.
⁶ This knowledge is beyond me.
    It’s lofty.
    I can’t attain it.
⁷ Where could I go from your Spirit?
    Or where could I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
    If I make my bed in Sheol,^[a] behold, you are there!
⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn,
    and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will lead me,
    and your right hand will hold me.
¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me.
    The light around me will be night,”
¹² even the darkness doesn’t hide from you,
    but the night shines as the day.
    The darkness is like light to you.