ABP - Psalms - 139

139:1  O lord, you tried me, and knew me.

139:2  You knew my sitting down and my rising up; you perceived my thoughts from far off.

139:3  My path and my bent rush grass you traced; and all my ways you looked out ahead.

139:4  For there is no deceit in my tongue. Behold, O lord, you knew all things;

139:5  the last and the former. You shaped me and put [2upon 3me 1your hand].

139:6  [4causes wonder 1The 2knowledge 3of you] in me; it was strengthened; in no way should I be able to attain it.

139:7  Where should I go from your spirit? And from your presence where should I flee?

139:8  If I should ascend into the heaven, you are there; if I should go down into Hades, you are at hand.

139:9  If I may take up my wings at dawn, and I should encamp unto the ends of the sea,

139:10  even there your hand shall guide me, and [2shall hold 3me 1your right hand].

139:11  And I said, Surely darkness shall trample me; even the night was illumination for my luxury;

139:12  for darkness will not be made darkness with you; and night as day shall be given light; as its darkness, so also its light.

139:13  For you acquired of my kidneys; you took hold of me from out of the womb of my mother.

139:14  I will make acknowledgment to you, for fearfully you caused wonder; the wonders of your works; and my soul knows exceedingly.

139:15  [2were not 3hidden 1My bones] from you, which you made in secret; and my essence in the lowermost parts of the earth.

139:16  [3my unfinished state 2saw 1Your eyes]; and on your scroll all men shall be written. Days were shaped, and no one among them.

139:17  [5by me 1But 3exceedingly 4were esteemed 2your friends], O God, [3exceedingly 2were 4strengthened 1their beginnings].

139:18  I shall count them out, and above the sand they shall be multiplied; I awake, and still I am with you.

139:19  O that you should kill sinners, O God. O men of blood, turn aside from me!

139:20  For you will say concerning their thoughts, that they shall take [2in 3folly 1your cities].

139:21  Is it not the ones detesting you, O lord, that I detested? and against your enemies I wasted?

139:22  In perfect hatred I detested them; [2as 3enemies 1they became] to me.

139:23  Try me, O God, and know my heart! Examine me, and know my paths!

139:24  and see if the way of lawlessness is in me, and guide me in [2way 1the eternal]!