Psalms 139

¹O LORD, You have searched me

²You know when I sit and when I rise;

³You search out my path and my lying down;

⁴Even before a word is on my tongue,

⁵You hem me in behind and before;

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

⁷Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?

⁸If I ascend to the heavens, You are there;

⁹If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

¹⁰even there Your hand will guide me;

¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,

¹²even the darkness is not dark to You,

¹³For You formed my inmost being;139:13 Hebrew my kidneys

¹⁴I praise You,

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You

¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body;

¹⁷How precious to me are Your thoughts,139:17 Or How amazing are Your thoughts concerning me O God,

¹⁸If I were to count them,

¹⁹O God, that You would slay the wicked—

²⁰who speak of You deceitfully;

²¹Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD,

²²I hate them with perfect hatred;

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart;

²⁴See if there is any offensive way in me;