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Psalm 139
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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Vers 1
O Lord, thou hast me search’d and known.
Thou know’st my sitting down,
And rising up; yea, all my thoughts
afar to thee are known.
Thou know’st my sitting down,
And rising up; yea, all my thoughts
afar to thee are known.
Vers 2
My footsteps, and my lying down,
thou compassest always;
Thou also most entirely art
acquaint with all my ways.
thou compassest always;
Thou also most entirely art
acquaint with all my ways.
Vers 3
For in my tongue, before I speak,
not any word can be,
But altogether, lo, O Lord,
it is well known to thee.
not any word can be,
But altogether, lo, O Lord,
it is well known to thee.
Vers 4
Behind, before, thou hast beset,
and laid on me thine hand.
Such knowledge is too strange for me,
too high to understand.
and laid on me thine hand.
Such knowledge is too strange for me,
too high to understand.
Vers 5
From thy Sp’rit whither shall I go?
or from thy presence fly?
Ascend I heav’n, lo, thou art there;
there, if in hell I lie.
or from thy presence fly?
Ascend I heav’n, lo, thou art there;
there, if in hell I lie.
Vers 6
Take I the morning wings, and dwell
in utmost parts of sea;
Ev’n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead,
thy right hand hold shall me.
in utmost parts of sea;
Ev’n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead,
thy right hand hold shall me.
Vers 7
If I do say that darkness shall
me cover from thy sight,
Then surely shall the very night
about me be as light.
me cover from thy sight,
Then surely shall the very night
about me be as light.
Vers 8
Yea, darkness hideth not from thee,
but night doth shine as day:
To thee the darkness and the light
are both alike alway.
but night doth shine as day:
To thee the darkness and the light
are both alike alway.
Vers 9
For thou possessed hast my reins,
and thou hast cover’d me,
When I within my mother’s womb
inclosed was by thee.
and thou hast cover’d me,
When I within my mother’s womb
inclosed was by thee.
Vers 10
Thee will I praise; for fearfully
and strangely made I am;
Thy works are marv’llous, and right well
my soul doth know the same.
and strangely made I am;
Thy works are marv’llous, and right well
my soul doth know the same.
Vers 11
My substance was not hid from thee,
when as in secret I
Was made; and in earth’s lowest parts
was wrought most curiously.
when as in secret I
Was made; and in earth’s lowest parts
was wrought most curiously.
Vers 12
Thine eyes my substance did behold,
yet being unperfect;
And in the volume of thy book
my members all were writ;
yet being unperfect;
And in the volume of thy book
my members all were writ;
Vers 13
Which after in continuance
were fashion’d ev’ry one,
When as they yet all shapeless were,
and of them there was none.
were fashion’d ev’ry one,
When as they yet all shapeless were,
and of them there was none.
Vers 14
How precious also are thy thoughts,
O gracious God, to me!
And in their sum how passing great
and numberless they be!
O gracious God, to me!
And in their sum how passing great
and numberless they be!
Vers 15
If I should count them, than the sand
they more in number be:
What time soever I awake,
I ever am with thee.
they more in number be:
What time soever I awake,
I ever am with thee.
Vers 16
Thou, Lord, wilt sure the wicked slay:
hence from me bloody men.
Thy foes against thee loudly speak,
and take thy name in vain.
hence from me bloody men.
Thy foes against thee loudly speak,
and take thy name in vain.
Vers 17
Do not I hate all those, O Lord,
that hatred bear to thee?
With those that up against thee rise
can I but grieved be?
that hatred bear to thee?
With those that up against thee rise
can I but grieved be?
Vers 18
With perfect hatred them I hate,
my foes I them do hold.
Search me, O God, and know my heart,
try me, my thoughts unfold:
my foes I them do hold.
Search me, O God, and know my heart,
try me, my thoughts unfold:
Vers 19
And see if any wicked way
there be at all in me;
And in thine everlasting way
to me a leader be.
there be at all in me;
And in thine everlasting way
to me a leader be.
Scottish Metrical Psalter (1650)
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About this psalm
Psalm 139 is a psalm of David and belongs to Book V (Psalm 107–150) of the Psalter.
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