Psalm 139
Expanded Bible
God Knows Everything
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
139 Lord, you have ·examined [investigated; searched] me
and know all about me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I ·get up [rise].
You ·know [understand] my thoughts ·before I think them [L from afar].
3 You ·know [L measure] ·where I go [L my path] and ·where I lie down [L my lying down].
You ·know [are familiar with] ·everything I do [L all my path].
4 Lord, even ·before I say a word [L when no word is on my tongue],
you already know ·it [L all of it].
5 You ·are all around me [L hem me in]—in front and in back—
and have put your hand on me.
6 Your knowledge is ·amazing [wonderful; or overwhelming] to me;
it is ·more than I can understand [too high/unattainable. I am not able to grasp it; Rom. 11:33].
7 Where can I go to get away from your Spirit?
Where can I ·run [flee] from you?
8 If I ·go [climb] up to the heavens, you are there.
If I ·lie down [spread out; make my bed] in ·the grave [L Sheol; C the grave or the underworld], you are there.
9 If I rise with the ·sun in the east [L wings of the dawn]
and settle in the ·west beyond [L back of] the sea,
10 even there ·you [L your hand] would guide me.
With your right hand you would ·hold [grab; seize] me.
11 I could say, “The darkness will ·hide [cover] me.
Let the light around me turn into night.”
12 But even the darkness is not dark to you.
The night ·is as light as [shines like] the day;
darkness and light are the same to you.
13 You ·made [created] my ·whole being [inward parts];
you ·formed [knitted] me in my mother’s ·body [belly; womb].
14 I ·praise [thank] you because you made me in an ·amazing [awesome] and wonderful way.
What you have done is wonderful.
I know this very well.
15 ·You saw my bones being formed [L My bones were not hidden from you]
as I ·took shape [was made] in ·my mother’s body [L secret].
When I was ·put together [L woven] ·there [L in the depths of the earth],
16 ·you [L your eyes] saw my ·body as it was formed [L embyro].
All the days ·planned [L formed] for me
were written in your book
·before I was one day old [not one of them existed].
17 God, your thoughts are precious to me.
·They are so many [L How vast are their sum; Job 42:3]!
18 If I could count them,
they would be more than all the grains of sand.
When I ·wake up [or come to the end],
I am still with you.
19 God, I wish you would kill the wicked!
Get away from me, you ·murderers [L people of blood]!
20 They ·say evil things about [make evil plans against] you.
Your enemies ·use your name thoughtlessly [L lift in vain; Ex. 20:7].
21 Lord, ·I hate [L Do I not hate…?] those who hate you;
·I hate [L Do I not abhor…?] those who rise up against you.
22 I ·feel only hate for them [L hate them with a perfect/complete hatred];
they are my enemies.
23 God, ·examine [investigate; search; v. 1] me and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any ·bad thing [hurtful way] in me.
Lead me on the ·road to everlasting life [L everlasting/or ancient way].
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.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue,
But behold, O Lord, (E)You know it altogether.
5 You 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.
9 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.
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You [f]covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I 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.
16 Your 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!
18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.
19 Oh, that You would (M)slay the wicked, O God!
(N)Depart from me, therefore, you [i]bloodthirsty men.
20 For 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?
22 I 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;
24 And 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
Psaltaren 139
Svenska Folkbibeln 2015
Herren känner mig
139 [a]För körledaren. En psalm av David.
Herre, du rannsakar mig
och känner mig.
2 [b]Om jag sitter eller står vet du det,
du förstår mina tankar fjärran ifrån.
3 [c]Om jag går eller ligger ser du det,
med alla mina vägar
är du förtrogen.
4 Innan ordet är på min tunga
vet du, Herre, allt om det.
5 Du omsluter mig på alla sidor
och håller mig i din hand.
6 Den kunskapen är för underbar
för mig,
den är så hög att jag inte kan
fatta den.
7 [d]Vart kan jag gå för din Ande,
vart kan jag fly för ditt ansikte?
8 [e]Stiger jag upp till himlen
är du där,
bäddar jag åt mig i dödsriket
är du där.
9 Tar jag morgonrodnadens vingar,
gör jag mig en boning
ytterst i havet,
10 ska också där din hand leda mig
och din högra hand hålla mig.
11 Säger jag:
"Låt mörker täcka mig
och ljuset bli natt omkring mig",
12 [f]så är inte mörkret mörkt för dig.
Natten lyser som dagen,
mörkret är som ljuset.
13 [g]Du har skapat mina njurar[h],
du vävde mig i moderlivet.
14 [i]Jag tackar dig för att
jag är så underbart skapad.
Underbara är dina verk,
min själ vet det så väl[j].
15 Benen i min kropp
var inte osynliga för dig
när jag formades i det fördolda,
när jag bildades i jordens djup.
16 [k]Dina ögon såg mig
när jag bara var ett foster.
Alla mina dagar blev skrivna
i din bok,
formade innan någon av dem
hade kommit.
17 [l]Hur ofattbara[m] är inte dina tankar
för mig, Gud,
hur väldig är inte
deras mångfald!
18 Räknar jag dem
är de fler än sandkornen.
När jag vaknar är jag kvar hos dig.
19 Gud, om du bara ville döda
de gudlösa!
Bort från mig, ni blodtörstiga!
20 De talar om dig med svek i sinnet,
de har fört dina städer i fördärvet[n].
21 [o]Skulle jag inte hata dem
som hatar dig, Herre,
och avsky dem
som gör uppror mot dig?
22 Jag hatar dem med starkaste hat,
mina fiender har de blivit.
23 [p]Rannsaka mig, Gud,
och känn mitt hjärta,
pröva mig och känn mina tankar.
24 [q]Se om jag är på en olycksväg,
och led mig på den eviga vägen.
Footnotes
- 139:1 Ps 17:3, 44:22, Jer 12:3.
- 139:2 Ps 94:11, Jer 17:10, 23:23f, Matt 9:4.
- 139:3 Job 34:21f, Hebr 4:13.
- 139:7 Jer 23:24.
- 139:8 Job 22:12, 23:8f, 26:6, Ords 15:11, Amos 9:2.
- 139:12 Jak 1:17.
- 139:13 Job 10:11, Ps 119:73, Jes 44:24.
- 139:13 njurar Symbol för människans innersta.
- 139:14 Job 10:8f.
- 139:14 min själ vet det så väl Annan översättning: "du känner min själ så väl".
- 139:16 Job 14:5, Ps 37:18.
- 139:17 Ps 40:6, 92:6, Jes 55:8f.
- 139:17 ofattbara Annan översättning: "dyrbara".
- 139:20 fört dina städer i fördärvet Andra handskrifter: "missbrukat ditt namn till lögn".
- 139:21 Ps 26:5, 31:7, 119:139.
- 139:23 Ps 26:2.
- 139:24 Ps 5:9, 16:11, Luk 19:10, Joh 10:28.
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