Psalms 139 GNV

1. To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.

2. Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.

3. Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.

4. For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord.

5. Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.

6. Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it.

7. Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8. If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there.

9. Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea:

10. Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me.

11. If I say, Yet the darkenes shall hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me.

12. Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike.

13. For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe.

14. I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.

15. My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.

16. Thine eyes did see me, when I was without forme: for in thy booke were all things written, which in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them before.

17. Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!

18. If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee.

19. Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee:

20. Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.

21. Doe not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee?

22. I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.

23. Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes,

24. And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer.