Psalms 139
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1O LORD , thou hast searched me, and known me .
1Unto the end, a psalm for David.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
2Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
3Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but , lo, O LORD , thou knowest it altogether.
4They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
5Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
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.
7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
7I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there .
8O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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.
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
10The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
11Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee .
12A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
13I know that the Lord will do justice to the needy, and will revenge the poor.
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
14But as for the just, they shall give glory to thy name: and the upright shall dwell with thy countenance.
15My substance was not hid 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 my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
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17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
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18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
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19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
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20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
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21Do not I hate them, O LORD , that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
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22I hate them with perfect 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 wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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