The Book of Psalms
Chapter 138
1 – Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 – thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 – Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 – And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 – Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 – Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 – Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
8 – If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
9 – If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 – Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 – And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 – But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
13 – For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
14 – I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
15 – My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
16 – Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17 – But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
18 – I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
19 – If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 – Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 – Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
22 – I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
23 – Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
24 – And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
The Catholic Bible Online. Scriptures are from The Douay Rheims Catholic Bible 1582-1610 a.d. Version In the Public Domain. The Douay Rheims Bible is a translation of the Bible from the Latin Vulgate into English undertaken by members of the English College, Douai in the service of the Catholic Church.