Psalm 139 (New American Standard Bible)

Psalm 139

God's Omnipresence and Omniscience.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

    ¹O LORD, You have ^(A)searched me and known me.
    ²You ^(B)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
         You ^(C)understand my thought from afar.
    ³You ^(D)scrutinize my path and my lying down,
         And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
    ⁴Even before there is a word on my tongue,
         Behold, O LORD, You ^(E)know it all.
    ⁵You have ^(F)enclosed me behind and before,
         And ^(G)laid Your hand upon me.
    ⁶Such ^(H)knowledge is ^(I)too wonderful for me;
         It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
    ^7(J)Where can I go from Your Spirit?
         Or where can I flee from Your presence?
    ^8(K)If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
         If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, ^(L)You are there.
    ⁹If I take the wings of the dawn,
         If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
    ¹⁰Even there Your hand will ^(M)lead me,
         And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
    ¹¹If I say, "Surely the ^(N)darkness will overwhelm me,
         And the light around me will be night,"
    ¹²Even the ^(O)darkness is not dark to You,
         And the night is as bright as the day
         ^(P)Darkness and light are alike to You.
    ¹³For You ^(Q)formed my inward parts;
         You ^(R)wove me in my mother's womb.
    ¹⁴I will give thanks to You, for ^[a]I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
         ^(S)Wonderful are Your works,
         And my soul knows it very well.
    ¹⁵My ^(T)frame was not hidden from You,
         When I was made in secret,
         And skillfully wrought in the ^(U)depths of the earth;
    ¹⁶Your ^(V)eyes have seen my unformed substance;
         And in ^(W)Your book were all written
         The ^(X)days that were ordained for me,
         When as yet there was not one of them.
    ¹⁷How precious also are Your ^(Y)thoughts to me, O God!
         How vast is the sum of them!
    ¹⁸If I should count them, they would ^(Z)outnumber the sand
         When ^(AA)I awake, I am still with You.
    ¹⁹O that You would ^(AB)slay the wicked, O God;
         ^(AC)Depart from me, therefore, ^(AD)men of bloodshed.
    ²⁰For they ^(AE)speak against You wickedly,
         And Your enemies ^(AF)take Your name in vain.
    ²¹Do I not ^(AG)hate those who hate You, O LORD?
         And do I not ^(AH)loathe those who rise up against You?
    ²²I hate them with the utmost hatred;
         They have become my enemies.
    ^23(AI)Search me, O God, and know my heart;
         ^(AJ)Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
    ²⁴And see if there be any ^(AK)hurtful way in me,
         And ^(AL)lead me in the ^(AM)everlasting way.