Psalms 139
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
1O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.
2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.
4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
5You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.
7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.
9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
10even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
12even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
13I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.
13For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.
14I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
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15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
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16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
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17How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
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18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
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19O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
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20who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
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21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
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22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
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23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
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24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
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