Psa Psalms, psalm Book of Psalms, psalm 139
For the music director. A psalm of David.
Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know everything about me!Pro 24:12; Jhn 21:17
You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know what I'm thinking even when I'm a long way away.2Sa 7:20; Jer 12:3; Deu 31:21
You observe where I go and when I rest. You're familiar with everything I do.Psa 119:168
Lord, you even know what I'm going to say before I say it.
You're always there—behind me, in front of me, and all around me. You place your caring hand on me.
This amazing knowledge139:6. God's knowledge of the psalmist. you have is far beyond me, way beyond my understanding!
Where can I go that you're not already there? Where can I run to escape your presence?
If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I lie down in Sheol,139:8. The place of the dead. look—you are there too!Amo 9:2
If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea,Psa 55:6
even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.
If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me,Job 34:22; Jer 23:24; Heb 4:13
Even darkness would not be dark for you, and the night would be bright as day, for darkness is like light to you.Jas 1:17
You made me from the inside out,139:13. Literally, “kidneys,” as representative of internal organs. shaping me in my mother's womb.Job 10:11
I praise you for making me in such an awesome and wonderful way. What you do is incredible—I realize this completely!Psa 119:71; Rev 15:3
My growing body139:15. “My growing body,” literally, “my bones.” was not hidden from you as I was formed in secret, as I was intricately put together “in the depths of the earth.”139:15. “In the depths of the earth”: this may relate to a belief that children were formed in the earth before entering the womb, or it may simply be a metaphor for the womb. In any case the point being made is that God observed the process that is hidden from human eyes.Ecc 11:5
You saw me as an embryo, and in your book all my days were written down—the days that were made for me before any of them existed.Job 14:5; Mal 3:16
God, your thoughts are so valuable139:17. Or “challenging.” to me! Taken together, they can't be counted!
If I tried to count them, they would be more than every grain of sand. Yet when I awake139:18. “Awake”: or “come to an end of counting.” I am still with you.Gen 22:17
God, if you would only kill the wicked! Murderers,139:19. Literally, “men of blood.” get away from me!Psa 5:6
When they speak of you they're being deceptively evil. Since they are your enemies, they call on you in vain.
Lord, don't I hate those who hate you? I despise those who rebel against you!Psa 101:3
I hate them with absolute hatred—they have become my enemies!Rom 12:9
Examine me carefully, God, so you can be sure of my true feelings. Check me out so you can know what I really think.Job 31:6; Psa 26:2
Please show me if I'm following any kind of idol, and lead me along the path of eternal life.Psa 27:11; Psa 86:11; Psa 143:8