{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/139","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T04:39:16.055Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":139,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":138,"nextChapter":140,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For there is not yet a word on my tongue, but lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot attain unto it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"If I take the wings of the dawn and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For they speak of thee wickedly, they take thy name in vain, thine enemies."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 139 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 139](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/139)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/139 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}