PSALM 139

 

 

O LORD, thou hast searched me,

and known me.

 

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;

thou understandest my thought afar off.

 

Thou compassest my path and my lying down,

and art acquainted with all my ways.

 

For there is not a word in my tongue,

but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.  

 

Thou hast beset me behind and before,

and laid thine hand upon me.

 

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

 

Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?

or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

 

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:

if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

 

If I take the wings of the morning,

and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

 

Even there shall thy hand lead me,

and thy right hand shall hold me.

 

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;

even the night shall be light about me.

 

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;

but the night shineth as the day:

the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

 

For thou hast possessed my reins:

thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

 

I will praise thee;

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

marvelous are thy works;

and that my soul knoweth right well.

 

My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret,

and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

 

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;

and in thy book all my members were written,

which in continuance were fashioned,

when as yet there was none of them.

 

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!

how great is the sum of them!

 

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:

when I awake, I am still with thee.

 

Surely thou will slay the wicked, O God:

depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

 

For they speak against thee wickedly,

and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

 

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee?

and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

 

I hate them with perfect hatred:

I count them mine enemies.

 

Search me, O God, and know my heart:

try me, and know my thoughts:

 

And see if there be any wicked way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.

 

참고: 주요 구절을 전 세계에 흩어져 있는 주님의 교회에서 거행되는 성 요한 세자 탄생 대축일 미사시에 화답송으로 사용하도록 교황청에서 정한 바 있는 시편 139는, 시편 가운데서 개인이 가지고 있는 신앙심에 대하여 가장 심오하게 표현한 시라고 합니다.

 

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