Psalms 139
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Septuagint (Brenton Greek text, with Apocrypha)
1For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O LORD, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
1Εἰς τὸ τέλος, τῷ Δαυὶδ ψαλμός.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.
2Ἐξελοῦ με Κύριε ἐξ ἀνθρώπου πονηροῦ, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀδίκου ῥῦσαί με·
3Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
3οἵτινες ἐλογίσαντο ἀδικίας ἐν καρδίᾳ, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν παρετάσσοντο πολέμους.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether.
4Ἠκόνησαν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ὄφεως, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν· διάψαλμα.
5Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.
5Φύλαξόν με Κύριε ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων ἀδίκων ἐξελοῦ με· οἵτινες ἐλογίσαντο τοῦ ὑποσκελίσαι τὰ διαβήματά μου.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.
6Ἔκρυψαν ὑπερήφανοι παγίδα μοι· καὶ σχοινία διέτειναν παγίδας τοῖς ποσί μου, ἐχόμενα τρίβου σκάνδαλον ἔθεντό μοι· διάψαλμα.
7Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?
7Εἶπα τῷ Κυρίῳ, Θεός μου εἶ σὺ· ἐνώτισαι, Κύριε, τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.
8If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.
8Κύριε Κύριε, δύναμις τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ἐπεσκίασας ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου.
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
9Μὴ παραδῷς με, Κύριε, ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας μου ἁμαρτωλῷ· διελογίσαντο κατʼ ἐμοῦ, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με, μή ποτε ὑψωθῶσι· διάψαλμα.
10Even there would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me.
10Ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ κυκλώματος αὐτῶν, κόπος τῶν χειλέων αὐτῶν καλύψει αὐτούς.
11And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';
11Πεσοῦνται ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς ἄνθρακες πυρὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ καταβαλεῖς αὐτοὺς ἐν ταλαιπωρίαις, οὐ μὴ ὑποστῶσιν.
12Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.
12Ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης οὐ κατευθυνθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ἄνδρα ἄδικον κακὰ θηρεύσει εἰς καταφθοράν.
13For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.
13Ἔγνων ὅτι ποιήσει Κύριος τὴν κρίσιν τοῦ πτωχοῦ, καὶ τὴν δίκην τῶν πενήτων.
14I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
14Πλὴν δίκαιοι ἐξομολογήσονται τῷ ὀνόματί σου, κατοικήσουσιν εὐθεῖς σὺν τῷ προσώπῳ σου.
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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