Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalms 139:6-21 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

6. This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.

7. Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?Where can I flee from Your presence?

8. If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

9. If I live at the eastern horizonor settle at the western limits,

10. even there Your hand will lead me;Your right hand will hold on to me.

11. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,and the light around me will be night” —

12. even the darkness is not dark to You.The night shines like the day;darkness and light are alike to You.

13. For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14. I will praise Youbecause I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful,and I know this very well.

15. My bones were not hidden from Youwhen I was made in secret,when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

16. Your eyes saw me when I was formless;all my days were written in Your book and plannedbefore a single one of them began.

17. God, how difficult Your thoughts arefor me to comprehend;how vast their sum is!

18. If I counted them,they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with You.

19. God, if only You would kill the wicked —you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me —

20. who invoke You deceitfully.Your enemies swear by You falsely.

21. Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You,and detest those who rebel against You?