*Psalms 139

₁Lord, You have looked deep inside me,

and You know me very well.

₂You know everything that I do,

when I sit or stand.

You also know what I think

even before I start to think.

₃You know where I go

and how long I sleep.

You know everything that I do.

₄Lord, before I start to say something,

You already know what I am going to say.

₅You are behind me and in front of me,

and You protect me with your hand.

₆I do not understand

how You can know everything.

It is too difficult for me to understand.

₇There is no place

where I can get away from You,

and no one can ever escape or flee from You.

₈If I should go up into heaven,

You would be there,

and if I should die and go to the underworld,

You would also be there.

₉If I fly to the east or go to the west

on the other side of the sea,

₁₀You will be there to lead and hold me.

₁₁If I ask the darkness to cover me

and all the light around me becomes dark,

₁₂then it will not be dark for You

because to You the night

is as light as day

and darkness is like light to You.

₁₃It was You who made me.

You made every part inside of me

very carefully before I was born,

while I was in my mother's womb.

₁₄I praise You because

You have made me wonderfully

and in an amazing way.

Everything that You do is wonderful.

I know it well.

₁₅You made me in my mother's womb

and knew every bone in my body

as it was growing where no one else could see it.

₁₆You saw me before I was born.

I was not even one day old

when You wrote down in your book

how long I would live.

₁₇O God, the things that You think about

are precious and there are

so many things that You have to think about.

₁₈If I tried to count them all,

it would be more than all the sand,

and if I could finish it,

I would still not begin

to understand the things that You do.

₁₉O God, I pray that You

will punish the sinful people.

Murderers, you must go away from me.

₂₀Lord, they are your enemies.

They say bad things against You,

they use your name for things that are wrong,

and they rebel_against You.

₂₁Lord, I hate the people who hate You.

I do not like the people

who rebel_against You.

₂₂I hate them with all my heart,

and they are my enemies.

₂₃O God, please look deep inside me

and see if there is anything

that is wrong against You.

Test me and judge the things that I think.

₂₄Look if there is anything bad in me

and help me live in the way that is always right.