Psalm 139 NKJV

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A Psalm of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-3"><span class="text Ps-139-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, You have searched me and known <i>me.</i></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You know my sitting down and my rising up;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-2">You understand my thought afar off.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>comprehend my path and my lying down,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-3">And are acquainted with all my ways.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For <i>there is</i> not a word on my tongue,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-4"><i>But</i> behold, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, You know it altogether.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You have <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>hedged me behind and before,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-5">And laid Your hand upon me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><i>Such</i> knowledge <i>is</i> too wonderful for me;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-6">It is high, I cannot <i>attain</i> it.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Where can I go from Your Spirit?</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-7">Or where can I flee from Your presence?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If I ascend into heaven, You <i>are</i> there;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-8">If I make my bed in <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>hell, behold, You <i>are there.</i></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><i>If</i> I take the wings of the morning,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-9"><i>And</i> dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Even there Your hand shall lead me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-10">And Your right hand shall hold me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If I say, “Surely the darkness shall <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>fall on me,”</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-11">Even the night shall be light about me;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Indeed, the darkness <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>shall not hide from You,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-12">But the night shines as the day;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-12">The darkness and the light <i>are</i> both alike <i>to You.</i></span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For You formed my inward parts;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-13">You <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>covered me in my mother’s womb.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will praise You, for <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>I am fearfully <i>and</i> wonderfully made;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-14">Marvelous are Your works,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-14">And <i>that</i> my soul knows very well.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>My <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>frame was not hidden from You,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-15">When I was made in secret,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-15"><i>And</i> skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-16">And in Your book they all were written,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-16">The days fashioned for me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-16">When <i>as yet there were</i> none of them.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-17">How great is the sum of them!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><i>If</i> I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-18">When I awake, I am still with You.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-19">Depart from me, therefore, you <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>bloodthirsty men.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For they speak against You wickedly;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-20"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>Your enemies take <i>Your name</i> in vain.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do I not hate them, O <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, who hate You?</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-21">And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I hate them with <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span>perfect hatred;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-22">I count them my enemies.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Search me, O God, and know my heart;</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-23">Try me, and know my anxieties;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/139-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And see if <i>there is any</i> wicked way in me,</span><br /><span class="text Ps-139-24">And lead me in the way everlasting.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-16243a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:3">Psalm 139:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>winnow</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16245b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:5">Psalm 139:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>enclosed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16248c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:8">Psalm 139:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Sheol</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16251d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:11">Psalm 139:11</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Vg., Symmachus <i>cover</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16252e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:12">Psalm 139:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>is not dark</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16253f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:13">Psalm 139:13</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>wove</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16254g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:14">Psalm 139:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. <i>You are fearfully wonderful</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16255h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:15">Psalm 139:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>bones were</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16259i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:19">Psalm 139:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>men of bloodshed</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16260j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:20">Psalm 139:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Vg. <i>They take Your cities in vain</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-16262k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Psalm 139:22">Psalm 139:22</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>complete</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James 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