| 139:1 | God's Perfect Knowledge of ManFor the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. |
| 139:2 | You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. |
| 139:3 | You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. |
| 139:4 | For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. |
| 139:5 | You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. |
| 139:6 | Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. |
| 139:7 | Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? |
| 139:8 | If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. |
| 139:9 | If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, |
| 139:10 | Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me. |
| 139:11 | If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me; |
| 139:12 | Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You. |
| 139:13 | For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. |
| 139:14 | I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. |
| 139:15 | My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
| 139:16 | Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. |
| 139:17 | How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! |
| 139:18 | If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You. |
| 139:19 | Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men. |
| 139:20 | For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain. |
| 139:21 | Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? |
| 139:22 | I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. |
| 139:23 | Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; |
| 139:24 | And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.1. 139:11 | Vulgate and Symmachus read cover. 2. 139:14 | Following Masoretic Text and Targum; Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read You are fearfully wonderful. 3. 139:20 | Septuagint and Vulgate read They take your cities in vain. |