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Psalms 139:1-16

1O Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068,thou hast searchedחֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִיcha.kar.Ta.niH2713me, and knownוַתֵּדָֽע׃va.te.Da'H3045me.

2Thou knowestיָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.taH3045my downsittingשִׁבְתִּ֣יshiv.TiH3427and mine uprisingוְקוּמִ֑יve.ku.MiH6965,thou understandestבַּ֥נְתָּהBan.tahH995my thoughtלְ֝רֵעִ֗יle.re.'IH7454afar offמֵרָחֽוֹק׃me.ra.ChokH7350.

3Thou compassestזֵרִ֑יתָze.Ri.taH2219my pathH734and my lying downוְרִבְעִ֣יve.riv.'IH7252,and art acquaintedהִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃his.Kan.tahH5532withall my waysדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870.

4For there isnot a wordמִ֭לָּהMi.lahH4405in my tongueבִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑יbil.sho.NiH3956, but,lo, O Lordיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,thou knowestיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045it altogether.

5Thou hast besetצַרְתָּ֑נִיtzar.Ta.niH6696me behindאָח֣וֹר'a.ChorH268and beforeוָקֶ֣דֶםva.Ke.demH6924,and laidוַתָּ֖שֶׁתva.Ta.shetH7896thine handכַּפֶּֽכָה׃ka.Pe.khahH3709upon me.

6Suchknowledgeדַ֣עַתDa.'atH1847istoo wonderfulפְּלִ֣יאָֽהpil.'i.yahH6383for me; it is highנִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗הnis.ge.VahH7682,I cannotא֥וּכַֽל'U.khalH3201attain unto it.

7Whither shall I goH3212from thy spiritמֵרוּחֶ֑ךָme.ru.Che.khaH7307?or whither shall I fleeאֶבְרָֽח׃'ev.RachH1272from thy presenceמִפָּנֶ֥יךָmi.pa.Nei.khaH6440?

8If I ascend upאֶסַּ֣ק'e.SakH5266into heavenשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064, thou artthere: if I make my bedוְאַצִּ֖יעָהve.'a.Tzi.'ahH3331in hellשְּׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585, behold, thou art there.

9IfI takeאֶשָּׂ֥א'e.Sa'H5375the wingsכַנְפֵי־khan.fei-H3671of the morningשָׁ֑חַרSha.charH7837, anddwellאֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה'esh.ke.NahH7931in the uttermost partsבְּאַחֲרִ֥יתbe.'a.cha.RitH319of the seaיָֽם׃YamH3220;

10Even there shall thy handיָדְךָ֣ya.de.KhaH3027leadתַנְחֵ֑נִיtan.Che.niH5148me, and thy right handיְמִינֶֽךָ׃ye.mi.Ne.khaH3225shall holdוְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִיve.to.cha.Ze.niH270me.

11If I sayוָ֭אֹמַרVa.'o.marH559,Surely the darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822shall coverיְשׁוּפֵ֑נִיye.shu.Fe.niH7779me; even the nightוְ֝לַ֗יְלָהve.Lay.lahH3915shall be lightא֣וֹר'orH216about meבַּעֲדֵֽנִי׃ba.'a.De.niH1157.

12Yea, the darknessחֹשֶׁךְ֮cho.sheKhH2822hidethיַחְשִׁ֪יךְyach.ShikhH2821not from thee; but the nightוְ֭לַיְלָהVe.lay.lahH3915shinethיָאִ֑ירya.'IrH215as the dayכַּיּ֣וֹםkai.YomH3117:the darknessכַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗הka.cha.shei.KhahH2825and the lightכָּאוֹרָֽה׃ka.'o.RahH219are both alike to thee.

13For thou hast possessedקָנִ֣יתָka.Ni.taH7069my reinsכִלְיֹתָ֑יkhil.yo.TaiH3629:thou hast coveredתְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִיte.su.Ke.niH5526me in my mother’sאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517wombבְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.tenH990.

14I will praiseאֽוֹדְךָ֗'od.KhaH3034thee; for I am fearfullyנוֹרָא֗וֹתno.ra.'otH3372andwonderfully madeנִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִיnif.Lei.tiH6395:marvellousנִפְלָאִ֥יםnif.la.'ImH6381arethy worksמַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639; and thatmy soulוְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗יve.naf.ShiH5315knowethיֹדַ֥עַתyo.Da.'atH3045right wellמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966.

15My substanceעָצְמִ֗י'a.tze.MiH6108was not hidנִכְחַ֥דnikh.ChadH3582from thee, when I was madeעֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי'u.Sei.tiH6213in secretבַסֵּ֑תֶרva.Se.terH5643, andcuriously wroughtרֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּיru.Kam.tiH7551in the lowest partsבְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹתbe.tach.ti.YotH8482of the earthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

16Thine eyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869did seeרָ֘א֤וּra.'UH7200my substance, yet being unperfectגָּלְמִ֤י׀gal.MiH1564;and in thy bookסִפְרְךָ֮sif.re.KhaH5612all my memberswere writtenיִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּyi.Ka.Te.vuH3789, whichin continuanceיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117were fashionedיֻצָּ֑רוּyu.Tza.ruH3335, when as yet there wasnoneאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259of them.

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