Thematic Bible

Psalm 139:1

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

Psalm 139:2

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.

Psalm 139:3

You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

Psalm 139:4

Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

Psalm 139:5

You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.

Psalm 139:6

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

Psalm 139:7

Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

Psalm 139:8

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

Psalm 139:9

If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

Psalm 139:10

Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

Psalm 139:11

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”

Psalm 139:12

Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.

Psalm 139:13

For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.

Psalm 139:14

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 139:15

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

Psalm 139:16

Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

Psalm 139:17

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:18

If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 139:19

O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

Psalm 139:20

For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.

Psalm 139:21

Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

Psalm 139:22

I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.

Psalm 139:23

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

Psalm 139:24

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