# Psalm 139 ## Psalm 139:1 - [KJV] O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known *me*. - [ASV] O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known *me*. - [YLT] Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. ### Notes on Psalm 139:1 - ## Psalm 139:2 - [KJV] Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. - [ASV] Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. - [YLT] Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar. ### Notes on Psalm 139:2 - ## Psalm 139:3 - [KJV] Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted *with* all my ways. - [ASV] Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. - [YLT] My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And *with* all my ways hast been acquainted. ### Notes on Psalm 139:3 - ## Psalm 139:4 - [KJV] For *there is* not a word in my tongue, *but*, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. - [ASV] For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. - [YLT] For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all! ### Notes on Psalm 139:4 - ## Psalm 139:5 - [KJV] Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. - [ASV] Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me. - [YLT] Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand. ### Notes on Psalm 139:5 - ## Psalm 139:6 - [KJV] *Such* knowledge *is* too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot *attain* unto it. - [ASV] *Such* knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it. - [YLT] Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it. ### Notes on Psalm 139:6 - ## Psalm 139:7 - [KJV] Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? - [ASV] Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? - [YLT] Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee? ### Notes on Psalm 139:7 - ## Psalm 139:8 - [KJV] If I ascend up into heaven, thou *art* there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou *art there*. - [ASV] If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. - [YLT] If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou *art*, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! ### Notes on Psalm 139:8 - ## Psalm 139:9 - [KJV] *If* I take the wings of the morning, *and* dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; - [ASV] If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; - [YLT] I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, ### Notes on Psalm 139:9 - ## Psalm 139:10 - [KJV] Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. - [ASV] Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me. - [YLT] Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me. ### Notes on Psalm 139:10 - ## Psalm 139:11 - [KJV] If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. - [ASV] If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night; - [YLT] And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night *is* light to me. ### Notes on Psalm 139:11 - ## Psalm 139:12 - [KJV] Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light *are* both alike *to thee*. - [ASV] Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike *to thee*. - [YLT] Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as *is* darkness so *is* light. ### Notes on Psalm 139:12 - ## Psalm 139:13 - [KJV] For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. - [ASV] For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb. - [YLT] For Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. ### Notes on Psalm 139:13 - ## Psalm 139:14 - [KJV] I will praise thee; for I am fearfully *and* wonderfully made: marvellous *are* thy works; and *that* my soul knoweth right well. - [ASV] I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well. - [YLT] I confess Thee, because that *with* wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful *are* Thy works, And my soul is knowing *it* well. ### Notes on Psalm 139:14 - ## Psalm 139:15 - [KJV] My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, *and* curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. - [ASV] My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, *And* curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. - [YLT] My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth. ### Notes on Psalm 139:15 - ## Psalm 139:16 - [KJV] Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all *my members* were written, *which* in continuance were fashioned, when *as yet there was* none of them. - [ASV] Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, *Even* the days that were ordained *for me*, When as yet there was none of them. - [YLT] Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them. ### Notes on Psalm 139:16 - ## Psalm 139:17 - [KJV] How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! - [ASV] How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! - [YLT] And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum! ### Notes on Psalm 139:17 - ## Psalm 139:18 - [KJV] *If* I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. - [ASV] If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee. - [YLT] I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee. ### Notes on Psalm 139:18 - ## Psalm 139:19 - [KJV] Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. - [ASV] Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men. - [YLT] Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me! ### Notes on Psalm 139:19 - ## Psalm 139:20 - [KJV] For they speak against thee wickedly, *and* thine enemies take *thy name* in vain. - [ASV] For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take *thy name* in vain. - [YLT] Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity *are* Thine enemies. ### Notes on Psalm 139:20 - ## Psalm 139:21 - [KJV] Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? - [ASV] Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? - [YLT] Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself? ### Notes on Psalm 139:21 - ## Psalm 139:22 - [KJV] I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. - [ASV] I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies. - [YLT] *With* perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me. ### Notes on Psalm 139:22 - ## Psalm 139:23 - [KJV] Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: - [ASV] Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; - [YLT] Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts, ### Notes on Psalm 139:23 - ## Psalm 139:24 - [KJV] And see if *there be any* wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. - [ASV] And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. - [YLT] And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during! ### Notes on Psalm 139:24 -