Revised Version 1895

Psalms 139

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

1LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068, thou hastsearchedחֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִיcha.kar.Ta.niH2713meH3045, andknownH3045meH3045.

2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest mythoughtלְ֝רֵעִ֗יle.re.'IH7454afarH7350offH7350.

3Thou searchestoutH3605mypathH734and my lyingdownH1870, and art acquainted withallH3605mywaysדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870.

4For there isnotאֵ֣ין'einH369awordמִ֭לָּהMi.lahH4405in mytongueבִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑יbil.sho.NiH3956, but,loהֵ֥ןhenH2005, OLORDיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, thou knowest italtogetherכֻלָּֽהּ׃khu.LahH3605.

5Thou hast besetmeH5921behindצַרְתָּ֑נִיtzar.Ta.niH6696andbeforeH5921, andlaidוַתָּ֖שֶׁתva.Ta.shetH7896thinehandכַּפֶּֽכָה׃ka.Pe.khahH3709uponH5921meH5921.

6SuchH1847knowledgeדַ֣עַתDa.'atH1847istooH4480wonderfulפְּלִ֣יאָֽהpil.'i.yahH6383formeH4480; it ishighנִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗הnis.ge.VahH7682, Icannotלֹא־lo'-H3808attain unto it.

7Whither shall I from thyspiritמֵרוּחֶ֑ךָme.ru.Che.khaH7307? or whither shall Ifleeאֶבְרָֽח׃'ev.RachH1272from thypresenceמִפָּנֶ֥יךָmi.pa.Nei.khaH6440?

8IfH518I ascend up intoheavenשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064, thou art there:ifH518ImakeH3331mybedוְאַצִּ֖יעָהve.'a.Tzi.'ahH3331inSheolשְּׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585,beholdהִנֶּֽךָּ׃hi.Ne.kaH2005, thou art there.

9If Itakeאֶשָּׂ֥א'e.Sa'H5375thewingsכַנְפֵי־khan.fei-H3671of themorningשָׁ֑חַרSha.charH7837, anddwellאֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה'esh.ke.NahH7931in the uttermost parts of theseaיָֽם׃YamH3220;

10Evenגַּם־ga.mo.Sha-H1571there shall thyhandיָדְךָ֣ya.de.KhaH3027leadתַנְחֵ֑נִיtan.Che.niH5148meH270, and thyrightיְמִינֶֽךָ׃ye.mi.Ne.khaH3225handH3027shallholdH270meH270.

11If Isayוָ֭אֹמַרVa.'o.marH559,Surelyאַךְ־'akh-H389thedarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822shalloverwhelmיְשׁוּפֵ֑נִיye.shu.Fe.niH7779meH1157, and thelightא֣וֹר'orH216aboutH1157meH1157shall benightוְ֝לַ֗יְלָהve.Lay.lahH3915;

12EvenH1571thedarknessחֹשֶׁךְ֮cho.sheKhH2822hidethnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808from thee, but thenightוְ֭לַיְלָהVe.lay.lahH3915shineth as thedayכַּיּ֣וֹםkai.YomH3117: thedarknessH2822and thelightיָאִ֑ירya.'IrH215arebothH1571alikeH1571to thee.

13For thou hastpossessedקָנִ֣יתָka.Ni.taH7069my reins: thou hast coveredmeH990in mymother’sאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517wombבְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.tenH990.

14I willgiveאֽוֹדְךָ֗'od.KhaH3034thanksH3034unto thee; for I am fearfully andwonderfullyנִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִיnif.Lei.tiH6395madeH3045:wonderfulנִפְלָאִ֥יםnif.la.'ImH6381are thyworksמַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639; and that mysoulוְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗יve.naf.ShiH5315knoweth rightwellH3045.

15Myframeעָצְמִ֗י'a.tze.MiH6108wasnotלֹא־lo'-H3808hiddenנִכְחַ֥דnikh.ChadH3582from thee, when I wasmadeעֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי'u.Sei.tiH6213in secret, and curiouslywroughtרֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּיru.Kam.tiH7551in thelowestH8482partsבְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹתbe.tach.ti.YotH8482of theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

16Thineeyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869didH3808seeרָ֘א֤וּra.'UH7200mine unperfectsubstanceגָּלְמִ֤י׀gal.MiH1564, and in thybookסִפְרְךָ֮sif.re.KhaH5612wereallכֻּלָּ֪םku.LamH3605my memberswrittenיִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּyi.Ka.Te.vuH3789,whichH5869dayיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117bydayH3117werefashionedיֻצָּ֑רוּyu.Tza.ruH3335, when as yet there wasnoneH3808of them.

17Howמַה־mah-H4100preciousיָּקְר֣וּya.ke.RuH3365also are thythoughtsרֵעֶ֣יךָre.'Ei.khaH7454untomeH4100, OGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410!howמֶ֥הmehH4100great is thesumרָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ra.shei.HemH7218of them!

18If I shouldcountאֶ֭סְפְּרֵם'Es.pe.remH5608them, they aremoreH5750innumberH5608thanיִרְבּ֑וּןyir.BunH7235thesandמֵח֣וֹלme.CholH2344: when I awake, I amstillוְעוֹדִ֥יve.'o.DiH5750with thee.

19Surelyאִם־'im-H518thou wiltslayתִּקְטֹ֖לtik.TolH6991thewickedרָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'H7563, OGodאֱל֥וֹהַּ׀'e.Lo.ahH433:departס֣וּרוּSu.ruH5493frommeמֶֽנִּי׃Me.niH4480therefore, ye bloodthirstymenH376.

20For theyspeakH559against theewickedlyלִמְזִמָּ֑הlim.zi.MahH4209, and thineenemiesעָרֶֽיךָ׃'a.Rei.khaH6145takeנָשֻׂ֖אna.Su'H5375thynameH559invainלַשָּׁ֣וְאla.Shav'H7723.

21DonotH3808Ihateמְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָme.san.'Ei.khaH8130them, OLORDיְהוָ֥ה׀Yah.wehH3068, thathateאֶשְׂנָ֑א'es.Na'H8130thee? and amnotH3808I grieved withthoseH8130that rise upagainstH8130thee?

22Ihateשְׂנֵאתִ֑יםse.ne.TimH8130them with perfecthatredשִׂנְאָ֣הsin.'AhH8135: I count them mineenemiesלְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗יםle.'oy.VimH341.

23Searchחָקְרֵ֣נִיcha.ke.Re.niH2713meH974, OGodאֵ֭ל'elH410, andknowוְדַ֣עve.Da'H3045myheartלְבָבִ֑יle.va.ViH3824:tryH974meH974andknowוְדַ֣עve.Da'H3045mythoughtsשַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃sar.'a.PaiH8312:

24Andseeוּרְאֵ֗הu.re.'EhH7200ifאִם־'im-H518there be anywayדֶּֽרֶךְ־de.rekh-H1870of wickedness inmeH7200, andleadוּ֝נְחֵ֗נִיu.ne.Che.niH5148meH7200in thewayבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

Commentaries on Psalms 139

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain