Psalms 139
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
1For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
2Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
3Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether.
5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
5Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy 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 high, I cannot attain unto it.
7I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.
7Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
8O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
8If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art 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 take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
10Even there would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me.
11Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
11And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';
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 too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.
13I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.
13For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast 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 will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
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15My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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16Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written — even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
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17How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
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18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.
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19If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
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20Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies —
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21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?
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22I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.
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23Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;
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24And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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