Psalms · Revised Version with Apocrypha
Psalm 139 Revised Version with Apocrypha
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
1 Al Músico principal: Salmo de David. OH Jehová, tú me has examinado y conocido.
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
2 Tú has conocido mi sentarme y mi levantarme, has entendido desde lejos mis pensamientos.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
3 Mi senda y mi acostarme has rodeado, y estás impuesto en todos mis caminos.
3 You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
4 Pues aun no está la palabra en mi lengua, [y] he aquí, oh Jehová, tú la sabes toda.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
5 Detrás y delante me guarneciste, y sobre mí pusiste tu mano.
5 You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
6 [Such ]knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
6 Más maravillosa es la ciencia que mi capacidad; alta es, no puedo comprenderla.
6 This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
7 Whither shall I from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
7 ¿Adónde me iré de tu espíritu? ¿y adónde huiré de tu presencia?
7 Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
8 Si subiere á los cielos, allí estás tú: y si en abismo hiciere mi estrado, he aquí allí tú estás.
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 the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
9 Si tomare las alas del alba, y habitare en el extremo de la mar,
9 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
10 Aun allí me guiará tu mano, y me asirá tu diestra.
10 even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, and the light about me shall be night;
11 Si dijere: Ciertamente las tinieblas me encubrirán; aun la noche resplandecerá tocante á mí.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,”
12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
12 Aun las tinieblas no encubren de ti, y la noche resplandece como el día: lo mismo [te son] las tinieblas que la luz.
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 covered me in my mother’s womb.
13 Porque tú poseiste mis riñones; cubrísteme en el vientre de mi madre.
13 For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: wonderful are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
14 Te alabaré; porque formidables, maravillosas son tus obras: estoy maravillado, y mi alma lo conoce mucho.
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 frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
15 No fué encubierto de ti mi cuerpo, bien que en oculto fuí formado, [y] compaginado en lo más bajo de la tierra.
15 My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see mine unperfect substance, and in thy book were all [my members ]written, which day by day were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
16 Mi embrión vieron tus ojos, y en tu libro estaban escritas todas aquellas cosas que fueron luego formadas, sin [faltar] una de ellas.
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 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
17 Así que ¡cuán preciosos me son, oh Dios, tus pensamientos! ¡cuán multiplicadas son sus cuentas!
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
18 Si los cuento, multiplícanse más que la arena: despierto, y aun estoy contigo.
18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
19 De cierto, oh Dios, matarás al impío; apartaos pues de mí, hombres sanguinarios.
19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take [thy name ]in vain.
20 Porque blasfemias dicen ellos contra ti: tus enemigos toman en vano [tu nombre].
20 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your 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?
21 ¿No tengo en odio, oh Jehová, á los que te aborrecen, y me conmuevo contra tus enemigos?
21 Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
22 Aborrézcolos con perfecto odio; téngolos por enemigos.
22 I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts:
23 Examíname, oh Dios, y conoce mi corazón: pruébame y reconoce mis pensamientos:
23 Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
24 And see if there be any way of wickedness in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
24 Y ve si hay en mí camino de perversidad, y guíame en el camino eterno.
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.
- 1 Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 12:3; Jeremiah 17:9–10; Psalm 44:21; Psalm 17:3
- 2 Matthew 9:4; 2 Kings 19:27; Isaiah 37:28; Psalm 94:11; Luke 9:47
- 3 Jeremiah 23:24; Job 31:4; Proverbs 5:20–21; Genesis 28:10–17; 2 Samuel 11:27
- 4 Hebrews 4:12–13; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 50:19–21; Matthew 12:35–37; Job 42:3
- 5 Psalm 34:7; Deuteronomy 33:27; Revelation 1:17; Job 23:8–9; Exodus 24:11
- 6 Romans 11:33; Job 42:3; Job 11:7–9; Job 26:14; Psalm 40:5
- 7 Jeremiah 23:23–24; Jonah 1:3; Jonah 1:10
- 8 Amos 9:2–4; Job 34:21–22; Jonah 2:2; Obadiah 4; Proverbs 15:11
- 9 Psalm 19:6; Psalm 74:16–17; Malachi 4:2
- 10 Psalm 23:3; Isaiah 41:13; Psalm 73:23; Psalm 63:8; Psalm 143:9–10
- 11 Job 12:22; Jeremiah 23:24; Psalm 94:7; Psalm 10:11–13; Job 22:12–14
- 12 Daniel 2:22; Job 34:22; Exodus 20:21; Hebrews 4:13; Job 26:6
- 13 Jeremiah 1:5; Psalm 119:73; Isaiah 44:2; Job 31:15; Job 10:9–12
- 14 Genesis 1:26–27; Psalm 111:2; Psalm 104:24; Psalm 92:4–5; Psalm 40:5
- 15 Ecclesiastes 11:5; Psalm 139:13; Job 10:8–11; Psalm 63:9
- 16 Psalm 56:8; Malachi 3:16; Revelation 20:12
- 17 Psalm 40:5; Jeremiah 29:11; Isaiah 55:8–9; Psalm 92:5; Psalm 36:7
- 18 Psalm 3:5; Psalm 139:3; Psalm 40:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; Psalm 63:6–7
- 19 Psalm 5:6; Psalm 119:115; Isaiah 11:4; Psalm 9:17; Psalm 6:8
- 20 Jude 15; Exodus 20:7; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 2:1–3; Psalm 73:8–9
- 21 Psalm 119:158; Psalm 31:6; Revelation 2:2; 2 Chronicles 19:2; Psalm 26:5
- 22 Luke 14:26; Psalm 101:3–8
- 23 Psalm 26:2; Job 31:6; 1 Peter 1:7; Proverbs 17:3; Deuteronomy 8:2
- 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
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).
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).
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)
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?
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)
… 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)
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)