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Psalms 139

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBFor the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
    KJVTo the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
  2. 2
    WEBYou know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
    KJVThou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
  3. 3
    WEBYou search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
    KJVThou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
  4. 4
    WEBFor there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
    KJVFor there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
  5. 5
    WEBYou hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
    KJVThou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
  6. 6
    WEBThis knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
    KJVSuch knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
  7. 7
    WEBWhere could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
    KJVWhither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
  8. 8
    WEBIf I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
    KJVIf I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
  9. 9
    WEBIf I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
    KJVIf I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
  10. 10
    WEBeven there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
    KJVEven there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
  11. 11
    WEBIf I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
    KJVIf I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
  12. 12
    WEBeven the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
    KJVYea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
  13. 13
    WEBFor you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
    KJVFor thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
  14. 14
    WEBI will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
    KJVI will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
  15. 15
    WEBMy frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
    KJVMy substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
  16. 16
    WEBYour eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
    KJVThine 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.
  17. 17
    WEBHow precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
    KJVHow precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
  18. 18
    WEBIf I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
    KJVIf I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
  19. 19
    WEBIf only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
    KJVSurely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
  20. 20
    WEBFor they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
    KJVFor they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
  21. 21
    WEBYahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
    KJVDo not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
  22. 22
    WEBI hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
    KJVI hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
  23. 23
    WEBSearch me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
    KJVSearch me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
  24. 24
    WEBSee if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
    KJVAnd see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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