New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 139:1-12

1O Lord, You have 1searched me and known me.2You 2know 3when I sit down and 4when I rise up; You 5understand my thought from afar.3You 6 7scrutinize my 8path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.4 9Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Lord, You 10know it all.5You have 11enclosed me behind and before, And 12laid Your hand upon me.6Such 13knowledge is 14too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

7 15Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?8 16If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in 17Sheol, behold, 18You are there.9If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,10Even there Your hand will 19lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.11If I say, “Surely the 20darkness will 21overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,”12Even the 22darkness is not dark 23to You, And the night is as bright as the day. 24Darkness and light are alike to You.

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Notes

1. Psalms 139:1 Ps 17:3; 44:21; Jer 12:3 ↩
2. Psalms 139:2 2 Kin 19:27 ↩
3. Psalms 139:2 Lit my sitting ↩
4. Psalms 139:2 Lit my rising ↩
5. Psalms 139:2 Ps 94:11; Is 66:18; Matt 9:4 ↩
6. Psalms 139:3 Lit winnow ↩
7. Psalms 139:3 Job 14:16; 31:4 ↩
8. Psalms 139:3 Or journeying ↩
9. Psalms 139:4 Lit For there is not ↩
10. Psalms 139:4 Heb 4:13 ↩
11. Psalms 139:5 Ps 34:7; 125:2 ↩
12. Psalms 139:5 Job 9:33 ↩
13. Psalms 139:6 Rom 11:33 ↩
14. Psalms 139:6 Job 42:3 ↩
15. Psalms 139:7 Jer 23:24 ↩
16. Psalms 139:8 Amos 9:2-4 ↩
17. Psalms 139:8 I.e. the nether world ↩
18. Psalms 139:8 Job 26:6; Prov 15:11 ↩
19. Psalms 139:10 Ps 23:2, 3 ↩
20. Psalms 139:11 Job 22:13 ↩
21. Psalms 139:11 Lit bruise; some commentators read cover ↩
22. Psalms 139:12 Job 34:22; Dan 2:22 ↩
23. Psalms 139:12 Lit from ↩
24. Psalms 139:12 1 John 1:5 ↩

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