﻿Psalm.
Chapter 139.
LORD, you have searched me and known me. 
You know when I sit down and when I rise; you understand my thought from afar. 
You examine my path and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 
Even before a word is on my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely. 
You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. 
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too high for me to attain. 
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 
If I ascend to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. 
If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell at the farthest edge of the sea, 
even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me fast. 
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, and the light around me will become night,” 
even darkness is not dark to you; the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to you. 
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are your works, and my soul knows it well. 
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. 
Your eyes saw my unformed body; in your book were written all the days formed for me, when none of them yet existed. 
How precious are your thoughts to me, God! How vast is their sum! 
If I counted them, they would outnumber the sand; when I awake, I am still with you. 
If only you would slay the wicked, God! Depart from me, you bloodthirsty men! 
They speak of you with malicious intent; your adversaries take your name in vain. 
Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and feel disgust at those who rise against you? 
I hate them with complete hatred; they have become my enemies. 
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 
See if there is any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. 
