A Psalm of David to the Chief Musician. |
Psalm 139:1-24 Book# 5 of Psalms [in Smaller Chunks] |
O Lord, You have searched me & known me. [Psalm 66:10 For You, O God, have [tested] us. You have [tested] us, [like] silver is [tested.] You know [when I sit down & when I rise up.] You understand my [thoughts from] afar. You are acquainted with all my ways & You [encircle] my path & my lying down. |
For there isn't a word in my [mouth, that] You [don't already know,] O Lord. You have [hedged me in back & in front] & have laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is [lofty] & I can't [hope to] attain it. |
[Psalm 40:5 O Lord my God, many are Your wonderful works, [that] You have done & Your thoughts, which are [toward] us. They can't be [counted] up in order [to credit] You [for them.] If I would speak of them [or] declare them, they are more than can be [counted.] |
[Where] shall I go from Your Spirit? Or [where] shall I flee from Your presence? If I [go up] to heaven, You are there. If I make my bed in hell, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning & [live] in the [furthest] parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me & Your right hand shall hold me. |
If I say, Surely, the darkness shall [hide] me, even the night shall be light [around] me. [Yes,] the darkness [doesn't] hide from You. But the night shines [like] the day. The darkness & the light are both [the same] to You. |
For You have [formed my heart strings] & You have covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You; for I am fearfully & wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works & my soul knows that [very] well. |
My [existence] wasn't [hidden] from You, when I was [conceived] in [private] & was curiously [fashioned] in the [hidden] parts of the earth. Your eyes [saw] my [existence,] yet being [not fully formed, but] in Your book, all my [bodily] members were [already recorded,] [although] none of them [were fully formed,] yet, which were fashioned [over time.] |
Also, O God, how precious Your thoughts are to me! How great is the [total amount] of them! If I [could] count them, they are more in number than the sand. |
When I awake, I am still with You. O God, surely You will [put to death] the wicked. Therefore, you [blood thirsty] men, depart from me. For they speak wickedly against You & Your enemies take Your Name in vain. |
Don't I hate [those who] hate You, O Lord? [Aren't] I grieved with those [who] rise up against You? I hate them with [an intense] hatred & I [consider] them [my] enemies. |
O God, search me & know my heart. [Test] me & know my thoughts & see if there [is any wickedness within] me & lead me in the everlasting [pathway.] |