Psalms 139:5-20

⁵Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.

⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too high, I cannot attain unto it.

⁷Whither shall I go from Thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?

⁸If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.

⁹If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰Even there would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me.

¹¹And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';

¹²Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.

¹³For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.

¹⁴I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁶Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written — even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

¹⁷How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

¹⁸If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.

¹⁹If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;

²⁰Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies —