Psalms 139

לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר יְהוָ֥ה חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִי וַתֵּדָֽע׃

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

אָרְחִ֣י וְרִבְעִ֣י זֵרִ֑יתָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכַ֥י הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃

You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין מִ֭לָּה בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑י הֵ֥ן יְ֝הוָ֗ה יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃

Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

אָח֣וֹר וָקֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי וַתָּ֖שֶׁת עָלַ֣י כַּפֶּֽכָה׃

You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

(פלאיה) [פְּלִ֣יאָֽה] דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

אָ֭נָ֥ה אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ וְ֝אָ֗נָה מִפָּנֶ֥יךָ אֶבְרָֽח׃

Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

אִם־אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה וְאַצִּ֖יעָה שְּׁא֣וֹל הִנֶּֽךָּ׃

If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

אֶשָּׂ֥א כַנְפֵי־שָׁ֑חַר אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית יָֽם׃

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

גַּם־שָׁ֭ם יָדְךָ֣ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִי יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

וָ֭אֹמַר אַךְ־חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה א֣וֹר בַּעֲדֵֽנִי׃

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹֽא־יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ וְ֭לַיְלָה כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃

even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

אֽוֹדְךָ֗ עַ֤ל כִּ֥י נוֹרָא֗וֹת נִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִי נִפְלָאִ֥ים מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י יֹדַ֥עַת מְאֹֽד׃

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

לֹא־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַסֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ׃

My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

גָּלְמִ֤י ׀ רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְעַֽל־סִפְרְךָ֮ כֻּלָּ֪ם יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ (ולא) [וְל֖וֹ] אֶחָ֣ד בָּהֶֽם׃

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.

Thine 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.

וְלִ֗י מַה־יָּקְר֣וּ רֵעֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑ל מֶ֥ה עָ֝צְמוּ רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

אֶ֭סְפְּרֵם מֵח֣וֹל יִרְבּ֑וּן הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי וְעוֹדִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃

If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

אִם־תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ ׀ רָשָׁ֑ע וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים ס֣וּרוּ מֶֽנִּי׃

O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַשָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽיךָ׃

who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

הֲלֽוֹא־מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ אֶשְׂנָ֑א וּ֝בִתְקוֹמְמֶ֗יךָ אֶתְקוֹטָֽט׃

Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

תַּכְלִ֣ית שִׂנְאָ֣ה שְׂנֵאתִ֑ים לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗ים הָ֣יוּ לִֽי׃

I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

חָקְרֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל וְדַ֣ע לְבָבִ֑י בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִי וְדַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃

See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.

And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.