Psalm 139:1-13 (English Standard Version)

Psalm 139

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. 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) discern my thoughts from afar.
³You search out my path and my lying down
   and are acquainted with all my ways.
⁴Even before a word is on my tongue,
   behold, O LORD,^(D) you know it altogether.
⁵You^(E) hem me in, behind and before,
   and^(F) lay your hand upon me.
^6(G) Such knowledge is^(H) too wonderful for me;
   it is high; I cannot attain it.

 ^7(I) Where shall I go from your Spirit?
   Or where^(J) shall I flee from your presence?
^8(K) If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
   ^(L) If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
⁹If I take the wings of the morning
   and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
¹⁰even there your hand shall^(M) lead me,
   and your right hand shall hold me.
¹¹If I say,^(N) "Surely the darkness shall cover me,
   and the light about me be night,"
^12(O) even the darkness is not dark to you;
   the night is bright as the day,
   for darkness is as light with you.

 ¹³For you^(P) formed my inward parts;
   you^(Q) knitted me together in my mother’s womb.