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Psalm 138 (139) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Psalm 138 in DRB = Psalm 139 in RV1909, WEB.

DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
139:1 Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. OH Jehová, tú me has examinado y conocido.
139:1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
2 Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
139:2 Tú has conocido mi sentarme y mi levantarme, has entendido desde lejos mis pensamientos.
139:2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
139:3 Mi senda y mi acostarme has rodeado, y estás impuesto en todos mis caminos.
139:3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
139:4 Pues aun no está la palabra en mi lengua, [y] he aquí, oh Jehová, tú la sabes toda.
139:4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
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.
139:5 Detrás y delante me guarneciste, y sobre mí pusiste tu mano.
139:5 You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
139:6 Más maravillosa es la ciencia que mi capacidad; alta es, no puedo comprenderla.
139:6 This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
139:7 ¿Adónde me iré de tu espíritu? ¿y adónde huiré de tu presencia?
139:7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
139:8 Si subiere á los cielos, allí estás tú: y si en abismo hiciere mi estrado, he aquí allí tú estás.
139:8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
139:9 Si tomare las alas del alba, y habitare en el extremo de la mar,
139:9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
139:10 Aun allí me guiará tu mano, y me asirá tu diestra.
139:10 even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
139:11 Si dijere: Ciertamente las tinieblas me encubrirán; aun la noche resplandecerá tocante á mí.
139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
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.
139:12 Aun las tinieblas no encubren de ti, y la noche resplandece como el día: lo mismo [te son] las tinieblas que la luz.
139:12 even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
139:13 Porque tú poseiste mis riñones; cubrísteme en el vientre de mi madre.
139:13 For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
139:14 Te alabaré; porque formidables, maravillosas son tus obras: estoy maravillado, y mi alma lo conoce mucho.
139:14 I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very 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.
139:15 No fué encubierto de ti mi cuerpo, bien que en oculto fuí formado, [y] compaginado en lo más bajo de la tierra.
139:15 My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths 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.
139:16 Mi embrión vieron tus ojos, y en tu libro estaban escritas todas aquellas cosas que fueron luego formadas, sin [faltar] una de ellas.
139:16 Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
139:17 Así que ¡cuán preciosos me son, oh Dios, tus pensamientos! ¡cuán multiplicadas son sus cuentas!
139:17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
139:18 Si los cuento, multiplícanse más que la arena: despierto, y aun estoy contigo.
139:18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
139:19 De cierto, oh Dios, matarás al impío; apartaos pues de mí, hombres sanguinarios.
139:19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
139:20 Porque blasfemias dicen ellos contra ti: tus enemigos toman en vano [tu nombre].
139:20 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
139:21 ¿No tengo en odio, oh Jehová, á los que te aborrecen, y me conmuevo contra tus enemigos?
139:21 Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
139:22 Aborrézcolos con perfecto odio; téngolos por enemigos.
139:22 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
139:23 Examíname, oh Dios, y conoce mi corazón: pruébame y reconoce mis pensamientos:
139:23 Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
139:24 Y ve si hay en mí camino de perversidad, y guíame en el camino eterno.
139:24 See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
Cross references (24)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.

  1. 1 Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 12:3; Jeremiah 17:9–10; Psalm 44:21; Psalm 17:3
  2. 2 Matthew 9:4; 2 Kings 19:27; Isaiah 37:28; Psalm 94:11; Luke 9:47
  3. 3 Jeremiah 23:24; Job 31:4; Proverbs 5:20–21; Genesis 28:10–17; 2 Samuel 11:27
  4. 4 Hebrews 4:12–13; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 50:19–21; Matthew 12:35–37; Job 42:3
  5. 5 Psalm 34:7; Deuteronomy 33:27; Revelation 1:17; Job 23:8–9; Exodus 24:11
  6. 6 Romans 11:33; Job 42:3; Job 11:7–9; Job 26:14; Psalm 40:5
  7. 7 Jeremiah 23:23–24; Jonah 1:3; Jonah 1:10
  8. 8 Amos 9:2–4; Job 34:21–22; Jonah 2:2; Obadiah 4; Proverbs 15:11
  9. 9 Psalm 19:6; Psalm 74:16–17; Malachi 4:2
  10. 10 Psalm 23:3; Isaiah 41:13; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 63:8; Psalm 143:9–10
  11. 11 Job 12:22; Jeremiah 23:24; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 10:11–13; Job 22:12–14
  12. 12 Daniel 2:22; Job 34:22; Exodus 20:21; Hebrews 4:13; Job 26:6
  13. 13 Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 119:73; Isaiah 44:2; Job 31:15; Job 10:9–12
  14. 14 Genesis 1:26–27; Psalm 111:2; Psalm 104:24; Psalm 92:4–5; Psalm 40:5
  15. 15 Ecclesiastes 11:5; Psalm 139:13; Job 10:8–11; Psalm 63:9
  16. 16 Psalm 56:8; Malachi 3:16; Revelation 20:12
  17. 17 Psalm 40:5; Jeremiah 29:11; Isaiah 55:8–9; Psalm 92:5; Psalm 36:7
  18. 18 Psalm 3:5; Psalm 139:3; Psalm 40:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; Psalm 63:6–7
  19. 19 Psalm 5:6; Psalm 119:115; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 6:8
  20. 20 Jude 15; Exodus 20:7; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 2:1–3; Psalm 73:8–9
  21. 21 Psalm 119:158; Psalm 31:6; Revelation 2:2; 2 Chronicles 19:2; Psalm 26:5
  22. 22 Luke 14:26; Psalm 101:3–8
  23. 23 Psalm 26:2; Job 31:6; 1 Peter 1:7; Proverbs 17:3; Deuteronomy 8:2
  24. 24 Psalm 143:10; Jeremiah 17:9–10; Psalm 25:8–9; Psalm 119:32; Psalm 16:11

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 139.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXXXVIII)

    The title of this Psalm is brief and simple, and need not detain us; since we know whose resemblance David wore, and since in him we recognise ourselves also, for we too are members of that Body. The whole title is, "To David himself." Let us see then, what is to David himself.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 139:7–10 Clement of Rome, First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapters XXVI–XXXIII)

    If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there; if I go away even to the uttermost parts of the earth, there is Thy right hand; if I make my bed in the abyss, there is Thy Spirit." Whither, then, shall any one go, or where shall he escape from Him who comprehends all things?

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  3. Quotes verse 139:7 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book V)

    For whither fled they when they fled from Thy presence? Or where dost Thou not find them?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  4. Quotes verse 139:8 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture VIII)

    … have dared to circumscribe God's providence by the clouds and the heaven, and to alienate from God the things on earth; having forgotten the Psalm which says, If I go up into heaven, Thou art there, if I go down into hell, Thou art present.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 139:14 Basil of Caesarea, Hexaemeron (Homily IX)

    Yet the beholding of heaven and earth does not make us know God better than the attentive study of our being does; I am, says the Prophet, fearfully and wonderfully made; that is to say, in observing myself I have known Thy infinite wisdom.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)