[139:1] Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
[139:2] You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts.
[139:3] You see me, whether I am working or resting; you know all my actions.
[139:4] Even before I speak, you already know what I will say.
[139:5] You are all around me on every side; you protect me with your power.
[139:6] Your knowledge of me is too deep; it is beyond my understanding.
[139:7] Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence?
[139:8] If I went up to heaven, you would be there; if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
[139:9] If I flew away beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west,
[139:10] you would be there to lead me, you would be there to help me.
[139:11] I could ask the darkness to hide me or the light around me to turn into night,
[139:12] but even darkness is not dark for you, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
[139:13] You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother's womb.
[139:14] I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart.
[139:15] When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there—
[139:16] you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began.
[139:17] O God, how difficult I find your thoughts; how many of them there are!
[139:18] If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
[139:19] O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked! How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
[139:20] They say wicked things about you; they speak evil things against your name.
[139:21] O Lord, how I hate those who hate you! How I despise those who rebel against you!
[139:22] I hate them with a total hatred; I regard them as my enemies.
[139:23] Examine me, O God, and know my mind; test me, and discover my thoughts.
[139:24] Find out if there is any evil in me and guide me in the everlasting way.