Add parallel Print Page Options

Psalm 139

The Inescapable God

To the leader. Of David. A Psalm.

O Lord, you have searched me and known me.(A)
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
    you discern my thoughts from far away.(B)
You search out my path and my lying down
    and are acquainted with all my ways.(C)

Read full chapter

Where can I go from your spirit?
    Or where can I flee from your presence?(A)
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
    if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.(B)

Read full chapter

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my thoughts.(A)
24 See if there is any wicked[a] way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.[b](B)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 139.24 Heb hurtful
  2. 139.24 Or the ancient way