American Standard Version
Psalms 139
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
1O Jehovah, thou hast searchedH2713 me, and knownH3045me.2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;Thou understandest my thought afarH7350 off.3Thou searchest out my pathH734 and my lying down,And art acquainted with all my waysH1870.4For there is not a wordH4405 in my tongueH3956,But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.5Thou hast beset me behind and before,And laid thy handH3709 upon me.6SuchknowledgeH1847 is too wonderful for me;It is highH7682, I cannot attain unto it.7Whither shall I go from thy SpiritH7307?Or whither shall I fleeH1272 from thy presenceH6440?8If I ascend up into heavenH8064, thou art there:If I make my bedH3331 in SheolH7585, behold, thou art there.9If I takeH5375 the wingsH3671 of the morning,And dwellH7931 in the uttermost parts of the seaH3220;10Even there shall thy handH3027 leadH5148 me,And thy rightH3225 handH3027 shall holdH270 me.11If I sayH559, SurelyH389 the darknessH2822 shall overwhelm me,And the lightH216 about me shall be nightH3915;12Even the darknessH2822 hideth not from thee,But the nightH3915 shineth as the dayH3117:The darknessH2822 and the lightH215 are both aliketo thee.13For thou didst form my inward parts:Thou didst cover me in my mother’sH517 wombH990.14I will giveH3034 thanksH3034 unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully madeH3045:WonderfulH6381 are thy worksH4639;And that my soulH5315 knoweth right well.15My frame was not hiddenH3582 from thee,WhenH834 I was madeH6213 in secret,And curiously wrought in the lowest partsH8482 of the earthH776.16Thine eyesH5869 did seeH7200 mine unformed substance;And in thy bookH5612 they were all writtenH3789,Eventhe daysH3117 that were ordainedfor me,When as yet there was none of them.17HowH4100 preciousH3365 also are thy thoughts unto me, O GodH410!HowH4100 great is the sum of them!18If I should countH5608 them, they are more in number than the sandH2344:When I awake, I am stillH5750 with thee.19Surely thou wilt slay the wickedH7563, O GodH433:DepartH5493 from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty menH376.20For they speak against thee wickedly,And thine enemies takeH5375 thy name in vain.21Do not I hateH8130 them, O Jehovah, that hateH8130 thee?And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?22I hateH8130 them with perfect hatredH8135:They areH1961 becomeH1961 mine enemiesH341.23SearchH2713 me, O GodH410, and knowH3045 my heartH3824:Try me, and knowH3045 my thoughtsH8312;24And seeH7200 if there be any wicked wayH1870 in me,And leadH5148 me in the wayH1870 everlasting.
Commentaries on Psalms 139
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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