Psalms 139 - Christian Standard Bible（CSB）

The All-Knowing, Ever-Present GodFor the choir director. A psalm of David.

1 Lord, you have searched me and known me. 

2You know when I sit down and when I stand up;

you understand my thoughts from far away. 

3You observe my travels and my rest;

you are aware of all my ways. 

4Before a word is on my tongue,

you know all about it,  Lord. 

5You have encircled me;

you have placed your hand on me. 

6This wondrous knowledge is beyond me.

It is lofty; I am unable to reach it. 

7Where can I go to escape your Spirit?

Where can I flee from your presence? 

8If I go up to heaven, you are there; 

if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. 

9If I fly on the wings of the dawn

and settle down on the western horizon, 

10even there your hand will lead me;

your right hand will hold on to me. 

11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,

and the light around me will be night”   —

12even the darkness is not dark to you.

The night shines like the day;

darkness and light are alike to you. 

13For it was you who created my inward parts; 

you knit me together in my mother’s womb. 

14I will praise you

because I have been remarkably and wondrously made.  ,

Your works are wondrous,

and I know this very well. 

15My bones were not hidden from you

when I was made in secret,

when I was formed in the depths of the earth. 

16Your eyes saw me when I was formless;

all my days were written in your book and planned

before a single one of them began. 

17God, how precious  your thoughts are to me;

how vast their sum is!

18If I counted them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand; 

when I wake up,  I am still with you. 

19God, if only you would kill the wicked —

you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me   —

20who invoke you deceitfully.

Your enemies swear by you falsely. 

21 Lord, don’t I hate those who hate you,

and detest those who rebel against you?

22I hate them with extreme hatred;

I consider them my enemies. 

23Search me, God, and know my heart;

test me and know my concerns. 

24See if there is any offensive   way in me;

lead me in the everlasting way.