Psalm 139

New King James Version

God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, ^(A)You have searched me and known me.
²^(B)You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You ^(C)understand my thought afar off.
³^(D)You ^[a]comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
⁴For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, ^(E)You know it altogether.
⁵You have ^[b]hedged me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
⁶^(F)Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain it.

⁷^(G)Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
⁸^(H)If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
^(I)If I make my bed in ^[c]hell, behold, 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 lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness shall ^[d]fall on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;
¹²Indeed, ^(J)the darkness ^[e]shall not hide from You,
But the night shines as the day;
The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

¹³For You formed my inward parts;
You ^[f]covered me in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴I will praise You, for ^[g]I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
¹⁵^(K)My ^[h]frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
¹⁶Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

¹⁷^(L)How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
¹⁸If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹Oh, that You would ^(M)slay the wicked, O God!
^(N)Depart from me, therefore, you ^[i]bloodthirsty men.
²⁰For they ^(O)speak against You wickedly;
^[j]Your enemies take Your name in vain.
²¹^(P)Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
²²I hate them with ^[k]perfect hatred;
I count them my enemies.

²³^(Q)Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my anxieties;
²⁴And see if there is any wicked way in me,
And ^(R)lead me in the way everlasting.

Footnotes

Psalm 139:3 Lit. winnow
Psalm 139:5 enclosed
Psalm 139:8 Or Sheol
Psalm 139:11 Vg., Symmachus cover
Psalm 139:12 Lit. is not dark
Psalm 139:13 wove
Psalm 139:14 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. You are fearfully wonderful
Psalm 139:15 Lit. bones were
Psalm 139:19 Lit. men of bloodshed
Psalm 139:20 LXX, Vg. They take Your cities in vain
Psalm 139:22 complete

Ezekiel 36:16-30

New King James Version

The Renewal of Israel

¹⁶Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ¹⁷“Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, ^(A)they defiled it by their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like ^(B)the uncleanness of a woman in her customary impurity. ¹⁸Therefore I poured out My fury on them ^(C)for the blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had defiled it. ¹⁹So I ^(D)scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed throughout the countries; I judged them ^(E)according to their ways and their deeds. ²⁰When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they ^(F)profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ ²¹But I had concern ^(G)for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.

²²“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, ^(H)but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. ²³And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am ^(I)hallowed in you before their eyes. ²⁴For ^(J)I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. ²⁵^(K)Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you ^(L)from all your filthiness and from all your idols. ²⁶I will give you a ^(M)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷I will put My ^(N)Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. ²⁸^(O)Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; ^(P)you shall be My people, and I will be your God. ²⁹I will ^(Q)deliver you from all your uncleannesses. ^(R)I will call for the grain and multiply it, and ^(S)bring no famine upon you. ³⁰^(T)And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the nations.