{"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/erv/psalms/139","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T11:22:18.185Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":139,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":138,"nextChapter":140,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thou knowest my downsitting 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 a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Whither shall I from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"If I take the wings of the morning, 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":"If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light about me shall be night;"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Even the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance, and in thy book were all my members written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And see if there be any way of wickedness in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 139 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 139](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/139)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/139 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}