1 For the music director. A psalm of David. Lord, you have examined me from the inside out—you know everything about me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know what I'm thinking even when I'm a long way away. 3 You observe where I go and when I rest. You're familiar with everything I do. 4 Lord, you even know what I'm going to say before I say it. 5 You're always there—behind me, in front of me, and all around me. You place your caring hand on me. 6 This amazing knowledge you have is far beyond me, way beyond my understanding! 7 Where can I go that you're not already there? Where can I run to escape your presence? 8 If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I lie down in Sheol, look—you are there too! 9 If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea, 10 even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me. 11 If I asked the darkness to hide me, and light to become night around me, 12 Even darkness would not be dark for you, and the night would be bright as day, for darkness is like light to you. 13 You made me from the inside out, shaping me in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you for making me in such an awesome and wonderful way. What you do is incredible—I realize this completely! 15 My growing body was not hidden from you as I was formed in secret, as I was intricately put together “in the depths of the earth.” 16 You saw me as an embryo, and in your book all my days were written down—the days that were made for me before any of them existed. 17 God, your thoughts are so valuable to me! Taken together, they can't be counted! 18 If I tried to count them, they would be more than every grain of sand. Yet when I awake I am still with you. 19 God, if you would only kill the wicked! Murderers, get away from me! 20 When they speak of you they're being deceptively evil. Since they are your enemies, they call on you in vain. 21 Lord, don't I hate those who hate you? I despise those who rebel against you! 22 I hate them with absolute hatred—they have become my enemies! 23 Examine me carefully, God, so you can be sure of my true feelings. Check me out so you can know what I really think. 24 Please show me if I'm following any kind of idol, and lead me along the path of eternal life.
Salmos · Free Bible Version (Versión Biblia Libre en inglés)
Salmo 139 Free Bible Version (Versión Biblia Libre en inglés)
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Notas sobre este texto (1)
- Las Biblias griegas y latinas numeran la mayoría de los Salmos un número por debajo de las hebreas y las españolas.
Referencias cruzadas (24)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebreos 4:13; Jeremías 12:3; Jeremías 17:9–10; Salmo 44:21; Salmo 17:3
- 2 Mateo 9:4; 2 Reyes 19:27; Isaías 37:28; Salmo 94:11; Lucas 9:47
- 3 Jeremías 23:24; Job 31:4; Proverbios 5:20–21; Génesis 28:10–17; 2 Samuel 11:27
- 4 Hebreos 4:12–13; Salmo 19:14; Salmo 50:19–21; Mateo 12:35–37; Job 42:3
- 5 Salmo 34:7; Deuteronomio 33:27; Apocalipsis 1:17; Job 23:8–9; Éxodo 24:11
- 6 Romanos 11:33; Job 42:3; Job 11:7–9; Job 26:14; Salmo 40:5
- 7 Jeremías 23:23–24; Jonás 1:3; Jonás 1:10
- 8 Amós 9:2–4; Job 34:21–22; Jonás 2:2; Abdías 4; Proverbios 15:11
- 9 Salmo 19:6; Salmo 74:16–17; Malaquías 4:2
- 10 Salmo 23:3; Isaías 41:13; Salmo 73:23; Salmo 63:8; Salmo 143:9–10
- 11 Job 12:22; Jeremías 23:24; Salmo 94:7; Salmo 10:11–13; Job 22:12–14
- 12 Daniel 2:22; Job 34:22; Éxodo 20:21; Hebreos 4:13; Job 26:6
- 13 Jeremías 1:5; Salmo 119:73; Isaías 44:2; Job 31:15; Job 10:9–12
- 14 Génesis 1:26–27; Salmo 111:2; Salmo 104:24; Salmo 92:4–5; Salmo 40:5
- 15 Eclesiastés 11:5; Salmo 139:13; Job 10:8–11; Salmo 63:9
- 16 Salmo 56:8; Malaquías 3:16; Apocalipsis 20:12
- 17 Salmo 40:5; Jeremías 29:11; Isaías 55:8–9; Salmo 92:5; Salmo 36:7
- 18 Salmo 3:5; Salmo 139:3; Salmo 40:5; 1 Tesalonicenses 5:10; Salmo 63:6–7
- 19 Salmo 5:6; Salmo 119:115; Isaías 11:4; Salmo 9:17; Salmo 6:8
- 20 Judas 15; Éxodo 20:7; Salmo 74:18; Salmo 2:1–3; Salmo 73:8–9
- 21 Salmo 119:158; Salmo 31:6; Apocalipsis 2:2; 2 Crónicas 19:2; Salmo 26:5
- 22 Lucas 14:26; Salmo 101:3–8
- 23 Salmo 26:2; Job 31:6; 1 Pedro 1:7; Proverbios 17:3; Deuteronomio 8:2
- 24 Salmo 143:10; Jeremías 17:9–10; Salmo 25:8–9; Salmo 119:32; Salmo 16:11
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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.
Leer en contexto · 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?
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · 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.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)