English Standard Version

Psalm 139:13-24 English Standard Version (ESV)

13. For you formed my inward parts;you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

14. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works;my soul knows it very well.

15. My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

16. Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them,the days that were formed for me,when as yet there was none of them.

17. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!How vast is the sum of them!

18. If I would count them, they are more than the sand.I awake, and I am still with you.

19. Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!O men of blood, depart from me!

20. They speak against you with malicious intent;your enemies take your name in vain.

21. Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

22. I hate them with complete hatred;I count them my enemies.

23. Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

24. And see if there be any grievous way in me,and lead me in the way everlasting!