This song is
likely to be
recorded in a
future Psalms
album with
other songs
such as Psalms
136, 145, 146, 147 and 148.
All
song lyrics are from the King James (KJV)
Bible.
Lyrics [1 O LORD, thou hast
searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my
downsitting and mine
uprising, thou
understandest my thought
afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path
and my lying down, and art
acquainted with all my
ways.
4 For there is not a word
in my tongue, but, lo, O
LORD, thou knowest it
altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me
behind and before,]
and laid thine hand upon
me.
6 Such knowledge is too
wonderful for me; it is
high, I cannot attain unto
it.
7 Whither shall I go from
thy spirit? or whither
shall I flee from thy
presence?
8 If I ascend up into
heaven, thou art there: if
I make my bed in hell,
behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of
the morning, and dwell in
the uttermost parts of the
sea;
10 Even there shall thy
hand lead me, and thy
right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the
darkness shall cover me;
even the night shall be
light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness
hideth not from thee; but
the night shineth as the
day: the darkness and the
light are both alike to
thee.
13 For thou hast possessed
my reins: thou hast
covered me in my mother's
womb.
14 I will praise thee; for
I am fearfully and
wonderfully made:
marvellous are thy works;
and that my soul knoweth
right well.
15 My substance was not
hid from thee, when I was
made in secret, and
curiously wrought in the
lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine 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.
17 How precious also are
thy thoughts unto me, O
God! how great is the sum
of them!
18 If I should count them,
they are more in number
than the sand: when I
awake, I am still with
thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay
the wicked, O God: depart
from me therefore, ye
bloody men.
20 For they speak against
thee wickedly, and thine
enemies take thy name in
vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O
LORD, that hate thee? and
am not I grieved with
those that rise up against
thee?
22 I hate them with
perfect hatred: I count
them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and
know my heart: try me, and
know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any
wicked way in me, and lead
me in the way everlasting.
Track
Comments The music
to Psalm 139 was composed in
2003. The theme of Ps. 139 is God’s omniscience
and omnipresence. The psalmist recognizes God as present
everywhere, One who is not only all-powerful, but also
all-knowing, One who has formed man from the womb, and One
whose presence man cannot escape.
