Psalms 139 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 139:1
KJVO lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
WEBYahweh, you have searched me,
YLTTo the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.
Psalms 139:2
KJVThou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
WEBYou know my sitting down and my rising up.
YLTThou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
Psalms 139:3
KJVThou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
WEBYou search out my path and my lying down,
YLTMy path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted.
Psalms 139:4
KJVFor there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
WEBFor there is not a word on my tongue,
YLTFor there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!
Psalms 139:5
KJVThou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
WEBYou hem me in behind and before.
YLTBehind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
Psalms 139:6
KJVSuch knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
WEBThis knowledge is beyond me.
YLTKnowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it.
Psalms 139:7
KJVWhither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
WEBWhere could I go from your Spirit?
YLTWhither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee?
Psalms 139:8
KJVIf I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
WEBIf I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
YLTIf I ascend the heavens -- there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee!
Psalms 139:9
KJVIf I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
WEBIf I take the wings of the dawn,
YLTI take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
Psalms 139:10
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Psalms 139:11
KJVIf I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
WEBIf I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me;
YLTAnd I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me.
Psalms 139:12
KJVYea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
WEBeven the darkness doesn’t hide from you,
YLTAlso darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light.
Psalms 139:13
KJVFor thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
WEBFor you formed my inmost being.
YLTFor Thou -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly.
Psalms 139:14
KJVI will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
WEBI will give thanks to you,
YLTI confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] well.
Psalms 139:15
KJVMy substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
WEBMy frame wasn’t hidden from you,
YLTMy substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
Psalms 139:16
KJVThine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
WEBYour eyes saw my body.
YLTMine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them.
Psalms 139:17
KJVHow precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
WEBHow precious to me are your thoughts, God!
YLTAnd to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
Psalms 139:18
KJVIf I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
WEBIf I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
YLTI recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
Psalms 139:19
KJVSurely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
WEBIf only you, God, would kill the wicked.
YLTDost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
Psalms 139:20
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Psalms 139:21
KJVDo not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
WEBYahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you?
YLTDo not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself?
Psalms 139:22
KJVI hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
WEBI hate them with perfect hatred.
YLT[With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me.
Psalms 139:23
KJVSearch me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
WEBSearch me, God, and know my heart.
YLTSearch me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
Psalms 139:24
KJVAnd see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
WEBSee if there is any wicked way in me,
YLTAnd see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during!
24 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT