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Psalms 138
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
139:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
139:2
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
139:3
You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,
139:4
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
139:5
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot [attain] to it.
139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from thy presence?
139:7
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.
139:8
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain],
139:9
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.
139:10
even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury.
139:11
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to thee].
139:12
even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.
139:13
For You formed my inmost being (note: Hebrew my kidneys); You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows [it] well.
139:14
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
My bones which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
139:15
My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Thine eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them.
139:16
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
139:17
How precious to me are Your thoughts (note: Or How amazing are Your thoughts concerning me), O God, how vast is their sum!
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
139:18
If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.
139:19
O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
For thou wilt say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take thy cities in vain.
139:20
who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?
139:21
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
139:22
I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
139:23
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
139:24
See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.