139 O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.
² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;
Thou understandest my thought afar off.
³ Thou ^[a]searchest out my path and my lying down,
And art acquainted with all my ways.
⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue,
But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before,
And laid thy hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
⁷ Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?
Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
⁹ If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
¹⁰ Even there shall thy hand lead me,
And thy right hand shall hold me.
¹¹ If I say, Surely the darkness shall ^[b]overwhelm me,
^[c]And the light about me shall be night;
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.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart:
Try me, and know my thoughts;
²⁴ And see if there be any ^[a]wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.