PSALM 139

God's Perfect Knowledge of Man
			
			01 O LORD, You have searched me
			   and know me.
			02 You know my sitting down and
			   my rising up;
			   You understand my thought
			   A far off.
			03 You comprehend my path and
			   my lying down,
			   And are acquainted with all my 
			   Ways.
			04 For there is not a word on my
			   tongue,
			   But behold, O LORD, You know
			   It altogether.
			05 You have hedged me behind 
			   and before,
			   And laid our hand upon me.
			06 Such knowledge  is too
			   wonderful for me.\;
			   it is high, I cannot attain it.
			
			07 Where can I go from You
			   Spirit?
			   Or where can I flee from You
			   Presence?
			08 If I ascend into heaven, You are
			   there;
			   If I make my bed in hell,
			   Behold, You are there.
			09 If I take the wings of the 
			   morning,
			   And dwell in the uttermost parts 
			   of the sea,
			10 Even there Your hand shall lead
			   me,
			   And Your right hand shall hold
			   Me.
			11 If I say, "Surely the darkness
			   shall fall on me,"
			   Even the night shall be light
			   About me;
			12 Indeed, the darkness shall not
			   hide from You,
			   But the night shines as the
			   Day;
			   The darkness and the light are
			   Both alike to You.
			
			13 For You formed my inward
			   parts;
			   You covered me in my 
			   mother's womb.
			14 I will praise You, for I am
			   fearfully and wonderfully
			   made;
			   marvelous are Your works,
			   And that my soul knows very
			   Well.
			15 My frame was not hidden from
			   You,
			   When I was made in secret,
			   And skillfully wrought in the
			   Lowest parts of the earth.
			16 Your eyes saw my substance,
			   being yet unformed.
			   And in Your book they all were
			   Written,
			   The days fashioned for me,
			   When as yet there were none of
			   Them.
			
			17 How precious also are Your
			   thoughts to me, O God!
			   How great is the sum of them!
			18 If I should count them, they
			   would be more in number
			   than the sand;
			   When I awake, I am still with
			   You.
			
			19 Oh, that You would slay the
			   wicked, O God!
			   Depart from me, therefore, you
			   Bloodthirsty men.
			20 For they speak against You
			   wickedly;
			   Your enemies take Your name in
			   Vain.
			21 Do I not hate them, O LORD,
			   who hate You?
			   And do I not loathe those who
			   Rise up against You?
			22 I hate them with perfect hatred;
			   I count them my enemies.
			
			23 Search me, O God, and know
			   my heart;
			   Try me, and know my anxieties;
			24 And see if there is any wicked
			   way in me,
			   And lead me in the way 
			   Everlasting.