Psalm 139
New International Version

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹You have searched me,^(A)Lord,
    and you know^(B)me.
²You know when I sit and when I rise;^(C)
    you perceive my thoughts^(D)from afar.
³You discern my going out^(E)and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.^(F)
⁴Before a word is on my tongue
    you,Lord, know it completely.^(G)
⁵You hem me in^(H)behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,^(I)
    too lofty^(J)for me to attain.

⁷Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee^(K)from your presence?
⁸If I go up to the heavens,^(L)you are there;
    if I make my bed^(M)in the depths, you are there.
⁹If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰even there your hand will guide me,^(N)
    your right hand^(O)will hold me fast.
¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
¹²even the darkness will not be dark^(P)to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

¹³For you created my inmost being;^(Q)
    you knit me together^(R)in my mother’s womb.^(S)
¹⁴I praise you^(T)because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(U)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made^(V)in the secret place,
    when I was woven together^(W)in the depths of the earth.^(X)
¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(Y)for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a]^(Z)God!^(AA)
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸Were I to count them,^(AB)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand^(AC)—
    when I awake,^(AD)I am still with you.

¹⁹If only you, God, would slay the wicked!^(AE)
    Away from me,^(AF)you who are bloodthirsty!^(AG)
²⁰They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries^(AH)misuse your name.^(AI)
²¹Do I not hate those^(AJ)who hate you,Lord,
    and abhor^(AK)those who are in rebellion against you?
²²I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.^(AL)
²³Search me,^(AM)God, and know my heart;^(AN)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴See if there is any offensive way^(AO)in me,
    and lead me^(AP)in the way everlasting.