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139:1  (For the one directing, Mizmor of Dovid). Hashem, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
139:2  Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast binah of my thought from afar off.
139:3  Thou comprehendeth my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my drakhim.
139:4  For there is not a milah (word) in my leshon, but, lo, Hashem, Thou knowest it altogether.
139:5  Thou hast enclosed me achor (behind) and kedem (before), and laid Thine hand upon me.
139:6  Such da’as is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
139:7  To where can I go from Thy Ruach [Hakodesh]? Or to where shall I flee from Thy presence?
139:8  If I ascend up into Shomayim, Thou art there; if I make my bed in Sheol, hinei, Thou art there.
139:9  If I take the wings of the shachar (dawn), and dwell in the uttermost acharit yam (the extreme end of the sea);
139:10  Even there shall Thy yad lead me, and Thy yamin shall hold me.
139:11  If I say, Surely the choshech shall cover me, even the lailah shall be ohr about me.
139:12  Even the choshech is not dark to Thee; but the lailah shineth as the yom; the choshech and the ohr are both alike to Thee.
139:13  For Thou hast created my inmost being; Thou didst interweave me in the beten immi.
139:14  I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are Thy ma’asim; and that my nefesh knoweth very well.
139:15  My atzamim (bones, frame) were not hid from Thee, when I was made beseter (in secret), and skillfully wrought in the depths of the Eretz.
139:16  Thine eyes did see my golem (embryo), yet being unformed; and in Thy Sefer (Book) all the yamim (days) ordained for me were written down, when as yet there were none of them.
139:17  How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O El! How great is the sum of them!
139:18  If I should count them, they are more in number than the chol (sand); when I awake, I am still with Thee.
139:19  Surely Thou wilt slay the rasha, O Eloah; depart from me therefore, ye anshei damim (bloodthirsty men).
139:20  For they speak of Thee craftily, and it is taken lashav [Ex 20:7] by Thy enemies.
139:21  Should not I hate them, Hashem, that hate Thee? And am not I to be at odds with those that rise up against Thee?
139:22  I abhor them with complete sinah; I count them mine enemies.
139:23  Search me, O El, and know my levav; test me, and know my thoughts;
139:24  And see if there be any derech otzev (torturous crooked road) in me, and lead me in the Derech Olam.