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Psalm 139

1 Dauid to cleanſe his heart from all hypocriſie ſheweth that there is nothing ſo hid, which God ſeeth not, 13 Which he confirmeth by the creation of man. 14 After declaring his zeale and feare of God, he proteſteth to be enemie to all them that contemne God.
¶ To him that excelleth. A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.O Lord, thou haſt tryed me and knowen me.
2.Thou knoweſt my ſitting & my riſing: thou vnderſtandeſt my thoght a farreof.
3.Thou compaſſeſt my paths, and my lying downe, and art accuſtomed to all my waies.
4.For there is not a worde in my tongue, but lo, thou knoweſt it wholly, ô Lord.
5.Thou holdeſt me ſtrait behinde and before, and lateſt thine hand vpon me.
6.Thy knowledge is to wonderful for me: it is ſo high that I can not atteine vnto it.
7.Whether ſhal I go from thy Spirit? or whether ſhal I flee from thy preſence?
8.If I aſcend into heauen, thou art there: if I lie downe in hel, thou art there.
9.Let me take the wings of the morning, & dwel in the vttermoſt partes of the ſea:
10.Yet thether ſhal thine hand leade me, & thy right hand holde me.
11.If I ſaie, Yet the darkenes ſhal hide me, euen the night ſhalbe light about me.
12.Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night ſhineth as the daie: ỹ darknes and light are bothe alike.
13.For thou haſt poſſeſſed my reines: ỹ haſt couered me in my mothers wombe.
14.I wil praiſe thee, for I am fearfully & wonderouſly made: maruelous are thy workes, and my ſoule knoweth it wel.
15.My bones are not hid from thee, thogh I was made in a ſecret place, & facioned beneth in the earth.
16.Thine eyes did ſe me, when I was without forme: for in thy boke were all things writen, which in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them before.
17.How dere therefore are thy thoghts vnto me, ô God! how great is ỹ ſumme of thẽ!
18.If I ſhulde counte them, thei are mo then the ſand: whẽ I wake, I am ſtil with thee.
19.Oh that thou woldeſt ſlay, ô God, ỹ wicked and bloodie men, to whome I ſaie, Departe ye from me:
20.Which ſpeake wickedly of thee, & beĩg thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine.
21.Do not I hate them, ô Lord, that hate thee? and do not I earneſtly contend with thoſe that riſe vp againſt thee?
22.I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies.
23.Trye me, ô God, and knowe mine heart: proue me and knowe my thoghts,
24.And conſider if there be anie waie of wickednes in me, and lead me in the waie for euer.

Notes

2:a.
He cõfeſſeth yt nether our actiõs, thoghes or anie parte of our life can be hid to God, thogh he ſeme to be farre of.
3:b.
So that thei are euidently knowẽ to thee
4:c.
Thou knoweſt my meanig before I ſpeake
5:d.
Thou ſo guideſt me with thine hand, yt I can turne no waie, but where thou appointest me
7:e.
From thy power and knowledge?
10:f.
Thy power doeth ſo faſt holde me, that I can eſcape by no meanes from thee
11:g.
Thogh darkeneſſe be an hinderance to mans ſight, yet it ſerueth thine eyes as wel as the light
13:h.
Thou haſt made me in all partes & therfore muſt nedes knowe me
14:i.
Conſidering thy wonderful worke in forming me, I can not but praiſe thee & feare thy mightie power
15:k.
That is, ĩ my mothers wõbe: wc he cõpareth to the inward partes of the earth
16:l.
Seing that ỹ dideſt knowe me before I was compoſed of ether fleſh or bone, much more now muſt ỹ knowe me when ỹ haſt facioned me.
17:m.
How oght we to eſteme ỹ excelleẽt declaration of thy wiſdome in ỹ creaciõ of mã?
18:n.
I cõtinually fe newe occaſiõs to meditate in thy wiſdome and to praiſe thee
21:o.
He teacheth vs boldely to contemne all the hatred of the wicked & friendſhip of ỹ worlde: whẽ thei wolde let vs to ſerue God ſyncerely
24:".
Or, an heinous waie or rebellious: meaning, that thogh he were ſubiect to ſinne: yet was he not giuen to wickednes and to prouoke God by rebellion
24:q.
That is, continue thy fauour towardes me to the end.