{"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/drb/psalms/139","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:04:12.377Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":139,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":138,"nextChapter":140,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me: "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies? "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me. "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 139 (DRB)","markdown":"[Psalms 139](https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/139)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/psalms/139 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}