Hebrew
קלט לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר, יְהוָה חֲקַרְתַּנִי וַתֵּדָע:
ב אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּי וְקוּמִי, בַּנְתָּה לְרֵעִי מֵרָחוֹק: ג אָרְחִי
וְרִבְעִי זֵרִיתָ, וְכָל־דְּרָכַי הִסְכַּנְתָּה: ד כִּי אֵין מִלָּה בִּלְשׁוֹנִי, הֵן
יְהוָה יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּהּ: ה אָחוֹר וָקֶדֶם צַרְתָּנִי, וַתָּשֶׁת עָלַי כַּפֶּכָה:
ו פְּלִיאָה דַעַת מִמֶּנִּי, נִשְׂגְּבָה לֹא־אוּכַל לָהּ: ז אָנָה אֵלֵךְ
מֵרוּחֶךָ, וְאָנָה מִפָּנֶיךָ אֶבְרָח: ח אִם־אֶסַּק שָׁמַיִם שָׁם אָתָּה,
וְאַצִּיעָה שְּׁאוֹל הִנֶּךָּ: ט אֶשָּׂא כַנְפֵי־שָׁחַר, אֶשְׁכְּנָה בְּאַחֲרִית
יָם: י גַּם־שָׁם יָדְךָ תַנְחֵנִי, וְתֹאחֲזֵנִי יְמִינֶךָ: יא וָאֹמַר אַךְ־חֹשֶׁךְ
יְשׁוּפֵנִי, וְלַיְלָה אוֹר בַּעֲדֵנִי: יב גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא־יַחְשִׁיךְ מִמֶּךָּ,
וְלַיְלָה כַּיּוֹם יָאִיר, כַּחֲשֵׁיכָה כָּאוֹרָה: יג כִּי־אַתָּה קָנִיתָ כִלְיֹתָי,
תְּסֻכֵּנִי בְּבֶטֶן אִמִּי: יד אוֹדְךָ עַל כִּי נוֹרָאוֹת נִפְלֵיתִי, נִפְלָאִים
מַעֲשֶׂיךָ, וְנַפְשִׁי יֹדַעַת מְאֹד: טו לֹא־נִכְחַד עָצְמִי מִמֶּךָּ, אֲשֶׁר־
עֻשֵּׂיתִי בַסֵּתֶר, רֻקַּמְתִּי בְּתַחְתִּיּוֹת אָרֶץ: טז גָּלְמִי רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ,
וְעַל־סִפְרְךָ כֻּלָּם יִכָּתֵבוּ, יָמִים יֻצָּרוּ, וְלוֹ אֶחָד בָּהֶם: יז וְלִי
מַה־יָּקְרוּ רֵעֶיךָ אֵל, מֶה עָצְמוּ רָאשֵׁיהֶם: יח אֶסְפְּרֵם מֵחוֹל
יִרְבּוּן, הֱקִיצֹתִי וְעוֹדִי עִמָּךְ: יט אִם־תִּקְטֹל אֱלוֹהַּ | רָשָׁע,
וְאַנְשֵׁי דָמִים סוּרוּ מֶנִּי: כ אֲשֶׁר יֹמְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּה, נָשׂוּא
לַשָּׁוְא עָרֶיךָ: כא הֲלוֹא־מְשַׂנְאֶיךָ יְהוָה | אֶשְׂנָא, וּבִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ
אֶתְקוֹטָט: כב תַּכְלִית שִׂנְאָה שְׂנֵאתִים, לְאוֹיְבִים הָיוּ לִי:
כג חָקְרֵנִי אֵל וְדַע לְבָבִי, בְּחָנֵנִי וְדַע שַׂרְעַפָּי: כד וּרְאֵה אִם־
דֶּרֶךְ־עֹצֶב בִּי, וּנְחֵנִי בְּדֶרֶךְ עוֹלָם:
Sephardi
139 lamnatzei'ach leDavid mizmor, Adonai chakartani vateda:
2 atah yadata shivti vekumi, bantah l're'i merachok: 3 orchi
veriv'i zerita, vechal-derachai hiskantah: 4 ki ein milah bilshoni, hen
Adonai yadata kulah: 5 achor vakedem tzartani, vatashet alai kapechah:
6 peli'ah da'at mimeni, nisgevah lo-uchal lah: 7 anah elech
meruchecha, ve'anah mipanecha evrach: 8 im-esak shamayim sham atah,
ve'atzi'ah she'ol hineka: 9 esa chanfei-shachar, eshkenah b'acharit
yam: 10 gam-sham yad'cha tancheini, veto'chazeini yeminecha: 11 va'omar ach-choshech
yeshufeini, valailah or ba'adeni: 12 gam-choshech lo-yachshich mimeka,
valailah kayom ya'ir, kachasheichah ka'orah: 13 ki-atah kanita chilyotai,
tesukeini b'veten imi: 14 odecha al ki nora'ot nifleiti, nifla'im
ma'asecha, venafshi yoda'at me'od: 15 lo-nichchad atzmi mimeka, asher-
usseti baseter, rukamti b'tachtiyot aretz: 16 galmi ra'u einecha,
ve'al-sifrecha kulam yikatevu, yamim yutzaru, velo echad bahem: 17 veli
mah-yakru re'echa El, meh atzmu rasheihem: 18 espereim mechol
yirbun, hekitzoti ve'odi imach: 19 im-tiktol Elo'ah | rasha,
ve'anshei damim suru meni: 20 asher yomrucha limzimah, nasu
lashav areicha: 21 halo-mesan'eicha Adonai | esna, uvitkomemeicha
etkotat: 22 tachlit sin'ah seneitim, l'oyvim hayu li:
23 chakreni El v'da l'vavi, bechaneni v'da sar'apai: 24 ur'eh im-
derech-otzev bi, u-necheni bederech olam:
English
For the leader. Of David. A psalm. O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall fall on me, even the night shall be light about me; indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You. Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men. For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain. Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties; and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.