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138 In finem, psalmus David. Domine, probasti me, et cognovisti me;

tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam.

Intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe; semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti:

et omnes vias meas praevidisti, quia non est sermo in lingua mea.

Ecce, Domine, tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua. Tu formasti me, et posuisti super me manum tuam.

Mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me; confortata est, et non potero ad eam.

Quo ibo a spiritu tuo? et quo a facie tua fugiam?

Si ascendero in caelum, tu illic es; si descendero in infernum, ades.

Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo, et habitavero in extremis maris,

10 etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, et tenebit me dextera tua.

11 Et dixi: Forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt me; et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis.

12 Quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te, et nox sicut dies illuminabitur: sicut tenebrae ejus, ita et lumen ejus.

13 Quia tu possedisti renes meos; suscepisti me de utero matris meae.

14 Confitebor tibi, quia terribiliter magnificatus es; mirabilia opera tua, et anima mea cognoscit nimis.

15 Non est occultatum os meum a te, quod fecisti in occulto; et substantia mea in inferioribus terrae.

16 Imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libro tuo omnes scribentur. Dies formabuntur, et nemo in eis.

17 Mihi autem nimis honorificati sunt amici tui, Deus; nimis confortatus est principatus eorum.

18 Dinumerabo eos, et super arenam multiplicabuntur. Exsurrexi, et adhuc sum tecum.

19 Si occideris, Deus, peccatores, viri sanguinum, declinate a me:

20 quia dicitis in cogitatione: Accipient in vanitate civitates tuas.

21 Nonne qui oderunt te, Domine, oderam, et super inimicos tuos tabescebam?

22 Perfecto odio oderam illos, et inimici facti sunt mihi.

23 Proba me, Deus, et scito cor meum; interroga me, et cognosce semitas meas.

24 Et vide si via iniquitatis in me est, et deduc me in via aeterna.

139 In finem. Psalmus David.

Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo; a viro iniquo eripe me.

Qui cogitaverunt iniquitates in corde, tota die constituebant praelia.

Acuerunt linguas suas sicut serpentis; venenum aspidum sub labiis eorum.

Custodi me, Domine, de manu peccatoris, et ab hominibus iniquis eripe me. Qui cogitaverunt supplantare gressus meos:

absconderunt superbi laqueum mihi. Et funes extenderunt in laqueum; juxta iter, scandalum posuerunt mihi.

Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu; exaudi, Domine, vocem deprecationis meae.

Domine, Domine, virtus salutis meae, obumbrasti super caput meum in die belli.

Ne tradas me, Domine, a desiderio meo peccatori: cogitaverunt contra me; ne derelinquas me, ne forte exaltentur.

10 Caput circuitus eorum: labor labiorum ipsorum operiet eos.

11 Cadent super eos carbones; in ignem dejicies eos: in miseriis non subsistent.

12 Vir linguosus non dirigetur in terra; virum injustum mala capient in interitu.

13 Cognovi quia faciet Dominus judicium inopis, et vindictam pauperum.

14 Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.

Psalm 138

Of David.

I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
    before the “gods”(A) I will sing(B) your praise.
I will bow down toward your holy temple(C)
    and will praise your name(D)
    for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,(E)
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
    that it surpasses your fame.(F)
When I called,(G) you answered me;(H)
    you greatly emboldened(I) me.

May all the kings of the earth(J) praise you, Lord,
    when they hear what you have decreed.
May they sing(K) of the ways of the Lord,
    for the glory of the Lord(L) is great.

Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;(M)
    though lofty, he sees them(N) from afar.
Though I walk(O) in the midst of trouble,
    you preserve my life.(P)
You stretch out your hand(Q) against the anger of my foes;(R)
    with your right hand(S) you save me.(T)
The Lord will vindicate(U) me;
    your love, Lord, endures forever(V)
    do not abandon(W) the works of your hands.(X)

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

You have searched me,(Y) Lord,
    and you know(Z) me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;(AA)
    you perceive my thoughts(AB) from afar.
You discern my going out(AC) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.(AD)
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.(AE)
You hem me in(AF) behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,(AG)
    too lofty(AH) for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee(AI) from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens,(AJ) you are there;
    if I make my bed(AK) in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,(AL)
    your right hand(AM) will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark(AN) to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being;(AO)
    you knit me together(AP) in my mother’s womb.(AQ)
14 I praise you(AR) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,(AS)
    I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made(AT) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together(AU) in the depths of the earth.(AV)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained(AW) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](AX) God!(AY)
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(AZ)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(BA)
    when I awake,(BB) I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(BC)
    Away from me,(BD) you who are bloodthirsty!(BE)
20 They speak of you with evil intent;
    your adversaries(BF) misuse your name.(BG)
21 Do I not hate those(BH) who hate you, Lord,
    and abhor(BI) those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I have nothing but hatred for them;
    I count them my enemies.(BJ)
23 Search me,(BK) God, and know my heart;(BL)
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way(BM) in me,
    and lead me(BN) in the way everlasting.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me