(A)He who planted the ear, shall He not hear?
He who formed the eye, shall He not see?

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Does he who fashioned the ear not hear?
    Does he who formed the eye not see?(A)

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23 Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord,
“And not a God afar off?
24 Can anyone (A)hide himself in secret places,
So I shall not see him?” says the Lord;
(B)“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.

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23 “Am I only a God nearby,(A)
declares the Lord,
    “and not a God far away?
24 Who can hide(B) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(C)
declares the Lord.

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11 So the Lord said to him, (A)“Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord?

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11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute?(A) Who gives them sight or makes them blind?(B) Is it not I, the Lord?

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The Lord is in His holy temple,
The Lord’s (A)throne is in heaven;
(B)His eyes behold,
His eyelids test the sons of men.

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The Lord is in his holy temple;(A)
    the Lord is on his heavenly throne.(B)
He observes everyone on earth;(C)
    his eyes examine(D) them.

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12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The Lord has made them both.

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12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
    the Lord has made them both.(A)

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

(G)Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
(H)If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
(I)If I make my bed in [c]hell, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,
And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall [d]fall on me,”
Even the night shall be light about me;
12 Indeed, (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.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:3 Lit. winnow
  2. Psalm 139:5 enclosed
  3. Psalm 139:8 Or Sheol
  4. Psalm 139:11 Vg., Symmachus cover
  5. Psalm 139:12 Lit. is not dark

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,(A) Lord,
    and you know(B) me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;(C)
    you perceive my thoughts(D) from afar.
You discern my going out(E) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.(F)
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.(G)
You hem me in(H) behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,(I)
    too lofty(J) for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee(K) from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens,(L) you are there;
    if I make my bed(M) in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,(N)
    your right hand(O) will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark(P) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

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21 (A)Would not God search this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.

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21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?(A)

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You have tested my heart;
You have visited me in the night;
(A)You have [a]tried me and have found [b]nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth shall not (B)transgress.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 17:3 examined
  2. Psalm 17:3 Nothing evil

Though you probe my heart,(A)
    though you examine me at night and test me,(B)
you will find that I have planned no evil;(C)
    my mouth has not transgressed.(D)

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Wine Is a Mocker

20 Wine (A)is a mocker,
Strong drink is a brawler,
And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.

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20 Wine(A) is a mocker(B) and beer a brawler;
    whoever is led astray(C) by them is not wise.(D)

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