Salmos 139

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

1 Yahweh, you have searched me,

and you know me.

2 You know my sitting down and my rising up.

You perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You search out my path and my lying down,

and are acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word on my tongue,

but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

5 You hem me in behind and before.

You laid your hand on me.

6 This knowledge is beyond me.

It’s lofty.

I can’t attain it.

7 Where could I go from your Spirit?

Or where could I flee from your presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.

If I make my bed in Sheol,*139:8 Sheol is the place of the dead. behold, you are there!

9 If I take the wings of the dawn,

and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 even there your hand will lead me,

and your right hand will hold me.

11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me.

The light around me will be night,"

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 you formed my inmost being.

You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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 wasn’t hidden from you,

when I was made in secret,

woven together in the depths of the earth.

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 to me are your thoughts, God!

How vast is their sum!

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 only you, God, would kill the wicked.

Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20 For they speak against you wickedly.

Your enemies take your name in vain.

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.

They have become my enemies.

23 Search me, God, and know my heart.

Try me, and know my thoughts.

24 See if there is any wicked way in me,

and lead me in the everlasting way.

Ka Tata a Ihowā i ngā Wā Katoa

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. He hīmene nā Rāwiri.

1 E Ihowā, kua tirotirohia ahau e koe,

kua mōhiotia anō e koe.

2 E mātau ana koe ki tōku nohoanga iho, ki tōku whakatikanga ake;

e mōhio ana koe ki ōku whakaaro i tawhiti.

3 E kitea pūtia ana e koe tōku ara me tōku takotoranga iho;

e matatau ana hoki koe ki ōku ara katoa.

4 Kāhore rawa hoki he kupu i tōku arero,

i toe i a koe te mōhio, e Ihowā.

5 Kua hangā a muri, a mua, ōku e koe;

kua pā anō tōu ringa ki ahau.

6 He mea whakamīharo rawa,

kei tawhiti atu hoki i ahau, tēnei mātauranga;

kei runga noa atu, e kore e taea e ahau.

7 Me haere ahau ki hea i tōu wairua?

Me oma rānei ahau ki hea i tōu aroaro?

8 Ki te kake ahau ki te rangi, kei reira koe;

ki te whārikitia e ahau tōku moenga i roto i te rēinga, kei reira anō koe.

9 Ki te tango ahau ki ngā pākau o te ata,

ā, ka noho ki ngā tōpito o te moana;

10 kei reira anō tōu ringa hei ārahi i ahau,

tōu matau hei pupuru i ahau.

11 Ki te mea ahau, "He pono, tērā ahau e hīpokina e te pōuri,

ā, ko te mārama i tētahi taha ōku, i tētahi taha, ka meinga he pō,"

12 ahakoa te pōuri kāhore e huna mai i a koe,

engari ka mārama te pō ānō ko te ao,

ki a koe rite tahi te pōuri me te mārama.

13 I a koe hoki ōku whatumanawa;

nāu hoki ahau i hīpoki i roto i te kōpū o tōku whaea.

14 Ka whakawhetai ahau ki a koe;

he mea whakawehi, he mea whakamīharo tōku hanganga;

he mahi whakamīharo āu mahi,

mōhio rawa anō tōku wairua ki tēnā.

15 Kīhai i hunā ōku wāhi i a koe,

i ahau e hangā ngarotia ana,

e āta whakairohia ana i ngā wāhi hōhonu rawa o te whenua.

16 I kite ōu kanohi i ahau, kāhore anō kia āhua noa.

I tuhituhia katoatia anō hoki ōku wāhi ki tāu pukapuka,

i ngā rangi i whakaahua ai,

i te mea kāhore anō tētahi i oti noa.

17 Kia pēhea mai hoki te matenui o ōu whakaaro ki ahau, e te Atua;

koia anō te ranea, ina huihuia!

18 Ki te taua e ahau – maha atu i te onepū;

ka oho ake ahau – kei a koe tonu ahau.

19 He pono ka patua e koe, e te Atua, te tangata kino;

mawehe koia atu i ahau, e ngā tāngata toto.

20 He kino hoki ā rātou kupu mōu;

e whakahua noa ana ōu hoariri i tōu i ingoa.

21 Kāhore ianei ahau, e Ihowā, e kino ki te hunga e kino ana ki a koe?

E whakarihariha hoki ki te hunga e whakatika ana ki a koe?

22 He tino kino tāku kino ki a rātou;

waiho iho rātou e ahau hei hoariri mōku.

23 Tirohia iho ahau, e te Atua, kia mātau hoki koe ki tōku ngākau;

whakamātautauria ahau, kia mātau hoki koe ki ōku whakaaro.

24 Kia kite mehemea kei ahau tētahi ara o te kino,

ka ārahi ai i ahau i te ara pūmau.