Rotherham - Psalms - 139

139:1  O Yahweh! thou hast searched me, and observed:

139:2  Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:

139:3  My path and my couch, hast thou examined, and, all my ways, thou well knowest.

139:4  Surely there hath not been a word on my tongue, [but] behold! O Yahweh, thou hast observed it on every side.

139:5  Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand:—

139:6  Knowledge, too wonderful, for me! high, I cannot attain to it!

139:7  Whither can I go from thy spirit? or whither, from thy face, can I flee?

139:8  If I ascend the heavens, there, thou art! If I spread out hades as my couch, behold thee!

139:9  If I mount the wings of the dawn, settle down in the region beyond the sea,

139:10  Even there, thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

139:11  If I say, Surely, darkness, shall cover me! then, night, is light about me.

139:12  Even darkness, will not conceal from thee,—but, night, like day, will shine, So is the darkness, as the light!

139:13  For, thou, didst possess thyself of my reins, thou didst weave me together in the womb of my mother.

139:14  I thank thee, in that fearfully was my being distinguished, Wonderful are thy works, and, mine own soul, is observing [them] intently!

139:15  My substance was not hid from thee,—when I was made in secret, when I was skilfully figured in the lower parts of the earth.

139:16  Mine unfinished substance, thine eyes beheld, and, in thy book, all the parts thereof were written,—the days they should be fashioned! while yet there was not one among them.

139:17  To me, then, how precious have thy desires become, O GOD! How numerous, the heads of them!

139:18  I would recount them! Beyond the sands, they multiply, I rouse myself—and am still with thee.

139:19  Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!

139:20  For they speak of thee wickedly, Thy foes lift up [their hand] unto falsehood.

139:21  Do I not hate, them who hate thee, O Yahweh? And loathe, them who rise up against thee?

139:22  With completeness of hatred, I hate them, As enemies, have they become to me.

139:23  Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares;

139:24  And see if there be any idol-way in me, and lead me in a way age-abiding.