Psalms 139

lamnatseakh ledavid mizmor Adonai khaqartani vatteda

For the leader. Of David. A psalm. O ETERNAL One, You have examined me and know me.

attah yadata shivti vequmi bantah lere'i merakhoq

When I sit down or stand up You know it; You discern my thoughts from afar.

orkhi verivi zerita vekhol-derakhay hiskantah

You observe my walking and reclining, and are familiar with all my ways.

ki en millah bilshoni hen Adonai yadata khullah

There is not a word on my tongue but that You, O ETERNAL One, know it well.

akhor vaqedem tsartani vattashet alay kappekhah

You hedge me before and behind; You lay Your hand upon me.

(flyh) [peli'ah] da'at mimmenni nisgevah lo-ukhal lah

It is beyond my knowledge; it is a mystery; I cannot fathom it.

anah elekh merukhekha ve'anah mippanekha evrakh

Where can I escape from Your spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

im-essaq shamayim sham attah ve'atsi'ah she'ol hinnekka

If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I descend to Sheol, You are there too.

essa khanfe-shakhar eshkenah be'akharit yam

If I take wing with the dawn to come to rest on the western horizon,

gam-sham yadekha tankheni vetokhazeni yeminekha

even there Your hand will be guiding me, Your right hand will be holding me fast.

va'omar akh-khoshekh yeshufeni velaylah or ba'adeni

If I say, “Surely darkness will conceal me, night will provide me with cover,”

gam-khoshekh lo-yakhshikh mimmekka velaylah kayyom ya'ir kakhashekhah ka'orah

darkness is not dark for You; night is as light as day; darkness and light are the same.

ki-attah qanita khilyotay tesukkeni beveten immi

It was You who created my conscience; You fashioned me in my mother’s womb.

odekha al ki nora'ot nifleti nifla'im ma'asekha venafshi yoda'at me'od

I praise You, for I am awesomely, wondrously made; Your work is wonderful; I know it very well.

lo-nikhkhad otsmi mimmekka asher-usseti vasseter ruqqamti betakhtiyyot arets

My frame was not concealed from You when I was shaped in a hidden place, knit together in the recesses of the earth.

golmi ra'u enekha ve'al-sifrekha kullam yikkatevu yamim yutsaru (vl) [velo] ekhad bahem

Your eyes saw my unformed limbs; they were all recorded in Your book; in due time they were formed, to the very last one of them.

veli mah-yyaqeru re'ekha el meh atsemu rashehem

How weighty Your thoughts seem to me, O God, how great their number!

esperem mekhol yirbun heqitsoti ve'odi immakh

I count them—they exceed the grains of sand; I end—but am still with You.

im-tiqtol eloah rasha ve'anshe damim suru menni

O God, if You would only slay the wicked— you murderers, away from me!—

asher yomerukha limzimmah nasu lashav arekha

who invoke You for intrigue, Your enemies who swear by You falsely.

halo-mesanekha Adonai esna uvitqomemekha etqotat

O ETERNAL One, You know I hate those who hate You, and loathe Your adversaries.

takhlit sinah senetim le'oyevim hayu li

I feel a perfect hatred toward them; I count them my enemies.

khoqreni el veda levavi bekhaneni veda sarappay

Examine me, O God, and know my mind; probe me and know my thoughts.

ure'eh im-derekh-otsev bi unekheni bederekh olam

See if I have vexatious ways, and guide me in ways everlasting.