{"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/ylt/psalms/139","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-15T09:58:07.513Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":139,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":138,"nextChapter":140,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":24},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thou — Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And with all my ways hast been acquainted."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"If I ascend the heavens — there Thou art, And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And I say, 'Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night is light to me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as is darkness so is light."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For Thou — Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I confess Thee, because that with wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful are Thy works, And my soul is knowing it well."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed — And not one among them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity are Thine enemies."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"With perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 139 (YLT)","markdown":"[Psalms 139](https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/139)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/psalms/139 (accessed 2026-06-15)."}}