Psalms 138
Psalms 139
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
Psalms 139:1. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Psalms 139:2. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Psalms 139:3. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Psalms 139:4. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
Psalms 139:5. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Psalms 139:6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Psalms 139:7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Psalms 139:8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Psalms 139:9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
Psalms 139:10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Psalms 139:11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Psalms 139:12. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Psalms 139:13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Psalms 139:14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalms 139:15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psalms 139:16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Psalms 139:17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psalms 139:18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psalms 139:19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
Psalms 139:20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Psalms 139:21. Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Psalms 139:22. I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Psalms 139:23. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Psalms 139:24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms 140