{"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/kjv/psalms/139","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:55:17.539Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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.} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known <i>me</i>."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted <i>with</i> all my ways."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For <i>there is</i> not a word in my tongue, <i>but</i>, 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":"<i>Such</i> knowledge <i>is</i> too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot <i>attain</i> unto it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"If I ascend up into heaven, thou <i>art</i> there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou <i>art there</i>."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"<i>If</i> I take the wings of the morning, <i>and</i> 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 cover me; even the night shall be light about me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light <i>are</i> both alike <i>to thee</i>."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will praise thee; for I am fearfully <i>and</i> wonderfully made: marvellous <i>are</i> thy works; and <i>that</i> my soul knoweth right well."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, <i>and</i> curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all <i>my members</i> were written, <i>which</i> in continuance were fashioned, when <i>as yet there was</i> 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":"<i>If</i> 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 bloody men."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For they speak against thee wickedly, <i>and</i> thine enemies take <i>thy name</i> 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 <i>there be any</i> wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 139 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 139](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/139)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/139 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}