(KJV) Psalm 139¹

⥃You Have Searched Me and Known Me

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

[1] O Lord, thou hast² searched me, and known [me]. [2] Thou knowest³ my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest⁴ my thought afar off⁵. [3] Thou compassest⁶ my path⁷ and my lying down, and art acquainted⁸ [with] all my ways. [4] For [there is] not⁹ a word in my tongue, [but], lo, O Lord, thou knowest¹⁰ it altogether. [5] Thou hast beset me¹¹ behind and before, and laid¹² thine hand upon me. [6] [Such] knowledge¹³ [is] too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it. [7] Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?¹⁴ [8] If I ascend¹⁵ up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell¹⁶, behold, thou [art there]. [9] [If] I take¹⁷ the wings¹⁸ of the morning, [and] dwell¹⁹ in the uttermost parts of the sea; [10] Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.²⁰ [11] If I say, Surely²¹ the darkness shall cover me; even the night²² shall be light about me. [12] Yea, the darkness²³ hideth not²⁴ from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness²⁵ and the light [are] both alike [to thee]. [13] For thou²⁶ hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me²⁷ in my mother’s womb. [14] I will praise thee; for I am fearfully²⁸ [and] wonderfully made: marvellous²⁹ [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well³⁰. [15] My substance³¹ was not hid from thee, when I³² was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest³³ parts of the earth. [16] Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book³⁴ all [my members³⁵] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned³⁶, when [as yet there was] none of them. [17] How precious³⁷ also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great³⁸ is the sum of them! [18] [If] I should count them, they are more³⁹ in number than the sand: when I awake⁴⁰, I am still with thee. [19] Surely⁴¹ thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from⁴² me therefore, ye bloody men. [20] For they speak⁴³ against thee wickedly, [and] thine⁴⁴ enemies take [thy name] in vain. [21] Do not I⁴⁵ hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not⁴⁶ I grieved with those that rise up against thee? [22] I hate them⁴⁷ with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. [23] Search me⁴⁸, O God, and know⁴⁹ my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: [24] And see⁵⁰ if [there be any] wicked way⁵¹ in me, and lead⁵² me in the way⁵³ everlasting.