Psalm 139:3-24

New International Version

³You discern my going out^(A) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.^(B)
⁴Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.^(C)
⁵You hem me in^(D) behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,^(E)
    too lofty^(F) for me to attain.

⁷Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(G) from your presence?
⁸If I go up to the heavens,^(H) you are there;
    if I make my bed^(I) in the depths, you are there.
⁹If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰even there your hand will guide me,^(J)
    your right hand^(K) will hold me fast.
¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
¹²even the darkness will not be dark^(L) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

¹³For you created my inmost being;^(M)
    you knit me together^(N) in my mother’s womb.^(O)
¹⁴I praise you^(P) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(Q)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made^(R) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together^(S) in the depths of the earth.^(T)
¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(U) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a]^(V) God!^(W)
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸Were I to count them,^(X)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand^(Y)—
    when I awake,^(Z) I am still with you.

¹⁹If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^(AA)
    Away from me,^(AB) you who are bloodthirsty!^(AC)
²⁰They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries^(AD) misuse your name.^(AE)
²¹Do I not hate those^(AF) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor^(AG) those who are in rebellion against you?
²²I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.^(AH)
²³Search me,^(AI) God, and know my heart;^(AJ)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴See if there is any offensive way^(AK) in me,
    and lead me^(AL) in the way everlasting.