ULT PSA Chapter 139

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139 For the chief musician. A psalm of David.

139 For the choir director, a psalm of David. Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know.

2 You know when I sit and when I rise;

you understand my thoughts from far away.

3 You have measured my path and my resting places;

and you are familiar with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word on my tongue ...,

See, you know it completely, Yahweh.

5 Behind and before you encircle me

and you place your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me!

it is high; I cannot reach it.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I ascend up to the heavens, you are there;

if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the morning

or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 even there your hand will lead me,

your right hand will hold on to me.

11 If I said, “Surely the darkness will cover me,

and the light will become night around me,”

12 even the darkness would not be dark to you,

and night would shine like the day.

The darkness is like the light to you!

13 For You created my inner parts;

you wove me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My inner being knows this very well.

15 My bones were not hidden from you

when I was made in private,

when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;

all the days formed for me were recorded

in your book even before the first of them was.

17 How precious are your thoughts to me, God!

How vast is their sum!

18 If I counted them, they would be more numberous than the sand.

When I awake, I am still with you.

19 If only you would kill the wicked, God;

and you men of bloodshed, get away from me.

20 For they speak against you with evil intent;

your enemies abuse your character

21 Do I not hate those, Yahweh, who hate you?

Do I not despise those who rise up against you?

22 I hate them completely;

they have become my enemies.

23 Examine me, God, and know my heart;

test me and know my thoughts.

24 See if there is any wicked way in me,

and lead me in the path of forever.