Psalmorum 139
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1In finem. Psalmus David.
1O LORD , thou hast searched me, and known me .
2[Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo; a viro iniquo eripe me.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde, tota die constituebant prælia.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis; venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but , lo, O LORD , thou knowest it altogether.
5Custodi me, Domine, de manu peccatoris, et ab hominibus iniquis eripe me. Qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos:
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi. Et funes extenderunt in laqueum; juxta iter, scandalum posuerunt mihi.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meæ.
7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meæ, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli.
8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there .
9Ne tradas me, Domine, a desiderio meo peccatori: cogitaverunt contra me; ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur.
9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Caput circuitus eorum: labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos.
10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11Cadent super eos carbones; in ignem dejicies eos: in miseriis non subsistent.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra; virum injustum mala capient in interitu.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee .
13Cognovi quia faciet Dominus judicium inopis, et vindictam pauperum.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.]
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
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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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