Psalms 139
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.
1Εἰς τὸ τέλος· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυΐδ.
2You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
2ΕΞΕΛΟΥ με, Κύριε, ἐξ ἀνθρώπου πονηροῦ, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀδίκου ρῦσαί με,
3You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
3οἵτινες ἐλογίσαντο ἀδικίαν ἐν καρδίᾳ, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν παρετάσσοντο πολέμους·
4For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, LORD, you know it altogether.
4ἠκόνησαν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡσεὶ ὄφεως, ἰὸς ἀσπίδων ὑπὸ τὰ χείλη αὐτῶν. (διάψαλμα).
5You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
5φύλαξόν με, Κύριε, ἐκ χειρὸς ἁμαρτωλοῦ, ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων ἀδίκων ἐξελοῦ με, οἵτινες διελογίσαντο τοῦ ὑποσκελίσαι τὰ διαβήματά μου·
6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
6ἔκρυψαν ὑπερήφανοι παγίδα μοι καὶ σχοινία διέτειναν, παγίδα τοῖς ποσί μου, ἐχόμενα τρίβους σκάνδαλα ἔθεντό μοι. (διάψαλμα).
7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
7εἶπα τῷ Κυρίῳ· Θεός μου εἶ σύ, ἐνώτισαι, Κύριε, τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.
8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
8Κύριε, Κύριε, δύναμις τῆς σωτηρίας μου, ἐπεσκίασας ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν μου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ πολέμου.
9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
9μὴ παραδῷς με, Κύριε, ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας μου ἁμαρτωλῷ· διελογίσαντο κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ, μὴ ἐγκαταλίπῃς με, μήποτε ὑψωθῶσιν. (διάψαλμα).
10even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
10ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ κυκλώματος αὐτῶν, κόπος τῶν χειλέων αὐτῶν καλύψει αὐτούς.
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
11πεσοῦνται ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς ἄνθρακες, ἐν πυρὶ καταβαλεῖς αὐτούς, ἐν ταλαιπωρίαις οὐ μὴ ὑποστῶσιν.
12even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
12ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης οὐ κατευθυνθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἄνδρα ἄδικον κακὰ θηρεύσει εἰς διαφθοράν.
13For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
13ἔγνων ὅτι ποιήσει Κύριος τὴν κρίσιν τῶν πτωχῶν καὶ τὴν δίκην τῶν πενήτων.
14I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
14πλὴν δίκαιοι ἐξομολογήσονται τῷ ὀνόματί σου, κατοικήσουσιν εὐθεῖς σὺν τῷ προσώπῳ σου.
15My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
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16Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
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17How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
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18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
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19If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
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20For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
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21LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
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22I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
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23Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
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24See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
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