Psalm 139
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See also Mihi autem nimis for settings of v.17.
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Clementine Vulgate (Psalm 138) Latin text
1 In finem, Psalmus David. Domine, probasti me, et cognovisti me;
2 tu cognovisti sessionem meam et resurrectionem meam.
3 Intellexisti cogitationes meas de longe;
semitam meam et funiculum meum investigasti:
4 et omnes vias meas praevidisti,
quia non est sermo in lingua mea.
5 Ecce, Domine, tu cognovisti omnia, novissima et antiqua.
Tu formasti me, et posuisti super me manum tuam.
6 Mirabilis facta est scientia tua ex me; confortata est, et non potero ad eam.
7 Quo ibo a spiritu tuo? et quo a facie tua fugiam?
8 Si ascendero in caelum, tu illic es; si descendero in infernum, ades.
9 Si sumpsero pennas meas diluculo, et habitavero in extremis maris,
10 etenim illuc manus tua deducet me, et tenebit me dextera tua.
11 Et dixi: Forsitan tenebrae conculcabunt me; et nox illuminatio mea in deliciis meis.
12 Quia tenebrae non obscurabuntur a te, et nox sicut dies illuminabitur: |
Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer English text
1 O Lord, thou hast searched me out and known me:
thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising,
thou understandest my thoughts long before.
2 Thou art about my path, and about my bed:
and spiest out all my ways.
3 For lo, there is not a word in my tongue:
but thou, O Lord, knowest it altogether.
4 Thou hast fashioned me behind and before: and laid thine hand upon me.
5 Such knowledge is too wonderful and excellent for me: I cannot attain unto it.
6 Whither shall I go then from thy Spirit: or whither shall I go then from thy presence?
7 If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: if I go down to hell, thou art there also.
8 If I take the wings of the morning: and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea;
9 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
10 If I say, Peradventure the darkness shall cover me: then shall my night be turned to day.
11 Yea, the darkness is no darkness with thee, but the night is as clear as the day: |
Metrical 'Old Version' (Thomas Norton)English text O Lord, thou hast me tried and known, |
Metrical paraphrase by Isaac Watts - First part, Long Meter1 Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me though; Metrical paraphrase by Isaac Watts - Second part, Long Meter1 'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came, Metrical paraphrase by Isaac Watts - Third part, Long Meter1 My God, what inward grief I feel |
Metrical paraphrase by Isaac Watts - First part, Common Meter1 In all my vast concerns with thee Metrical paraphrase by Isaac Watts - Second part, Common Meter1 When I with pleasing wonder stand. Metrical paraphrase by Isaac Watts - Third part, Common Meter1 Lord, when I count thy mercies o'er, |
Douay-Rheims 1899 American EditionEnglish text 1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: 2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up. 3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. 4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue. 5 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. 6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? 8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. 9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: 10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures. 12 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. 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb. 14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well. 15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth. 16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them. 17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. 18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee. 19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me: 20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain. 21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies? 22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me. 23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths. 24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way. |
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