Psalm 139-150

New King James Version

^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.

^4 (U)Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men,
Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.
⁵ The proud have hidden a ^(V)snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah

⁶ I said to the Lord: “You are my God;
Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
⁷ O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
You have ^[l]covered my head in the day of battle.
⁸ Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked;
Do not further his wicked scheme,
^(W)Lest they be exalted. Selah

⁹ “As for the head of those who surround me,
Let the evil of their lips cover them;
^10 (X)Let burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
¹¹ Let not a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”

¹² I know that the Lord will ^(Y)maintain
The cause of the afflicted,
And justice for the poor.
¹³ Surely the righteous shall give thanks to Your name;
The upright shall dwell in Your presence.

³ Set a guard, O Lord, over my ^(AC)mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
⁴ Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
^(AD)And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

^5 (AE)Let the righteous strike me;
It shall be a kindness.
And let him rebuke me;
It shall be as excellent oil;
Let my head not refuse it.

For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
⁶ Their judges are overthrown by the sides of the ^[m]cliff,
And they hear my words, for they are sweet.
⁷ Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave,
As when one plows and breaks up the earth.

⁸ But ^(AF)my eyes are upon You, O God the Lord;
In You I take refuge;
^[n]Do not leave my soul destitute.
⁹ Keep me from ^(AG)the snares they have laid for me,
And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
^10 (AH)Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I escape safely.

³ When my spirit ^[p]was ^(AK)overwhelmed within me,
Then You knew my path.
In the way in which I walk
They have secretly ^(AL)set a snare for me.
⁴ Look on my right hand and see,
For there is no one who acknowledges me;
Refuge has failed me;
No one cares for my soul.

⁵ I cried out to You, O Lord:
I said, “You are my refuge,
My portion in the land of the living.
^6 [q]Attend to my cry,
For I am brought very low;
Deliver me from my persecutors,
For they are stronger than I.
⁷ Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may ^(AM)praise Your name;
The righteous shall surround me,
For You shall deal bountifully with me.”

³ For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in ^[r]darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
^4 (AO)Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.

^5 (AP)I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I ^[s]muse on the work of Your hands.
⁶ I spread out my hands to You;
^(AQ)My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

⁷ Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
^(AR)Lest I ^[t]be like those who ^[u]go down into the pit.
⁸ Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness ^(AS)in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
^(AT)Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For ^(AU)I lift up my soul to You.

⁹ Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
^[v]In You I take shelter.
^10 (AV)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
^(AW)Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in ^(AX)the land of uprightness.

^11 (AY)Revive me, O Lord, for Your name’s sake!
For Your righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
¹² In Your mercy ^(AZ)cut^[w] off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.

^3 (BB)Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him?
^4 (BC)Man is like a breath;
^(BD)His days are like a passing shadow.

^5 (BE)Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
^(BF)Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
^6 (BG)Flash forth lightning and scatter them;
Shoot out Your arrows and destroy them.
⁷ Stretch out Your hand from above;
Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of foreigners,
⁸ Whose mouth ^(BH)speaks ^[y]lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

⁹ I will ^(BI)sing a new song to You, O God;
On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
¹⁰ The One who gives ^[z]salvation to kings,
^(BJ)Who delivers David His servant
From the deadly sword.

¹¹ Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—
¹² That our sons may be ^(BK)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as ^[aa]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
¹³ That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
¹⁴ That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no ^[ab]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
^15 (BL)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

^4 (BP)One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.
^5 [ae]I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And ^[af]on Your wondrous works.
⁶ Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
⁷ They shall ^[ag]utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.

^8 (BQ)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
^9 (BR)The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

^10 (BS)All Your works shall praise You, O Lord,
And Your saints shall bless You.
¹¹ They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom,
And talk of Your power,
¹² To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
^13 (BT)Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Your dominion endures throughout all ^[ah]generations.

¹⁴ The Lord upholds all who fall,
And ^(BU)raises up all who are bowed down.
^15 (BV)The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And ^(BW)You give them their food in due season.
¹⁶ You open Your hand
^(BX)And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

¹⁷ The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
^18 (BY)The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him ^(BZ)in truth.
¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
^20 (CA)The Lord preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
²¹ My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord,
And all flesh shall bless His holy name
Forever and ever.

^(CB)Praise the Lord, O my soul!
^2 (CC)While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

^3 (CD)Do not put your trust in princes,
Nor in ^[aj]a son of man, in whom there is no ^[ak]help.
^4 (CE)His spirit departs, he returns to his earth;
In that very day ^(CF)his plans perish.

^5 (CG)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
^6 (CH)Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that is in them;
Who keeps truth forever,
^7 (CI)Who executes justice for the oppressed,
^(CJ)Who gives food to the hungry.
^(CK)The Lord gives freedom to the prisoners.

^8 (CL)The Lord opens the eyes of the blind;
^(CM)The Lord raises those who are bowed down;
The Lord loves the righteous.
^9 (CN)The Lord watches over the strangers;
He relieves the fatherless and widow;
^(CO)But the way of the wicked He ^[al]turns upside down.

^10 (CP)The Lord shall reign forever—
Your God, O Zion, to all generations.

Praise the Lord!

² The Lord ^(CT)builds up Jerusalem;
^(CU)He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
^3 (CV)He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their ^[an]wounds.
^4 (CW)He counts the number of the stars;
He calls them all by name.
^5 (CX)Great is our Lord, and ^(CY)mighty in power;
^(CZ)His understanding is infinite.
^6 (DA)The Lord lifts up the humble;
He casts the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving;
Sing praises on the harp to our God,
^8 (DB)Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.
^9 (DC)He gives to the beast its food,
And ^(DD)to the young ravens that cry.

^10 (DE)He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
¹¹ The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him,
In those who hope in His mercy.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem!
Praise your God, O Zion!
¹³ For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
^14 (DF)He makes peace in your borders,
And ^(DG)fills you with ^[ao]the finest wheat.

^15 (DH)He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
^16 (DI)He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes;
¹⁷ He casts out His hail like ^[ap]morsels;
Who can stand before His cold?
^18 (DJ)He sends out His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

^19 (DK)He declares His word to Jacob,
^(DL)His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
^20 (DM)He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.

^[aq]Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!
² Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!
³ Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!
⁴ Praise Him, ^(DN)you heavens of heavens,
And ^(DO)you waters above the heavens!

⁵ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For ^(DP)He commanded and they were created.
^6 (DQ)He also established them forever and ever;
He made a decree which shall not pass away.

⁷ Praise the Lord from the earth,
^(DR)You great sea creatures and all the depths;
⁸ Fire and hail, snow and clouds;
Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
^9 (DS)Mountains and all hills;
Fruitful trees and all cedars;
¹⁰ Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and flying fowl;
¹¹ Kings of the earth and all peoples;
Princes and all judges of the earth;
¹² Both young men and maidens;
Old men and children.

¹³ Let them praise the name of the Lord,
For His ^(DT)name alone is exalted;
His glory is above the earth and heaven.
¹⁴ And He ^(DU)has exalted the ^[as]horn of His people,
The praise of ^(DV)all His saints—
Of the children of Israel,
^(DW)A people near to Him.

^[at]Praise the Lord!

^(DX)Sing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise in the assembly of saints.

² Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their ^(DY)King.
^3 (DZ)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
⁴ For ^(EA)the Lord takes pleasure in His people;
^(EB)He will beautify the ^[av]humble with salvation.

⁵ Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them ^(EC)sing aloud on their beds.
⁶ Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And ^(ED)a two-edged sword in their hand,
⁷ To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
⁸ To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
^9 (EE)To execute on them the written judgment—
^(EF)This honor have all His saints.

^[aw]Praise the Lord!

Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty ^[ay]firmament!

² Praise Him for His mighty acts;
Praise Him according to His excellent ^(EH)greatness!

³ Praise Him with the sound of the ^[az]trumpet;
Praise Him with the lute and harp!
⁴ Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
⁵ Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with clashing cymbals!

⁶ Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.

^[ba]Praise the Lord!