Psalms 139 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 138:1>Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me. O LORD, you have searched me and known me! For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
2 <V 138:2>You have known my sitting down and my rising up again. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 <V 138:3>You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 <V 138:4>And you have foreseen all my ways. For there is no word in my tongue. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
5 <V 138:5>Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
6 <V 138:6>Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 <V 138:7>Where will I go from your Spirit? And where will I flee from your face? Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
8 <V 138:8>If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near. If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 <V 138:9>If I assume my feathers in early morning, and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea, If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 <V 138:10>even there, your hand will lead me forth, and your right hand will hold me. even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
11 <V 138:11>And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, and the night will be my illumination, to my delight. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
12 <V 138:12>But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, and night will illuminate like the day: for just as its darkness is, so also is its light. even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
13 <V 138:13>For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 <V 138:14>I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15 <V 138:15>My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 <V 138:16>Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
17 <V 138:17>But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. Their first ruler has been exceedingly strengthened. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 <V 138:18>I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand. I rose up, and I am still with you. If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
19 <V 138:19>O God, if only you would cut down sinners. You men of blood: depart from me. Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me! If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20 <V 138:20>For you say in thought: They will accept your cities in vain. They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain. They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
21 <V 138:21>Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, and wasted away because of your enemies? Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22 <V 138:22>I have hated them with a perfect hatred, and they have become enemies to me. I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies. I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
23 <V 138:23>Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Question me, and know my paths. Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 <V 138:24>And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, and lead me in the way of eternity. And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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