## Psalms Chapter 139

###### Psalms 139:1
[Psalms 139:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:1)

לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר יְהֹוָ֥ה חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִי וַתֵּדָֽע׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor. [a psalm of] David. O L rd, You probed [my thoughts] and You know [them].


###### Psalms 139:2
[Psalms 139:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:2)

אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou knowst my sitting down and my rising up, Thou understandest my thought afar off.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You know [the thoughts of] my sitting down and arising.


###### Psalms 139:3
[Psalms 139:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:3)

אׇרְחִ֣י וְרִבְעִ֣י זֵרִ֑יתָ וְֽכׇל־דְּרָכַ֥י הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast measured my going and my lying down, and Thou art acquainted with all my ways.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You understand from afar [how] to endear [Yourself] to me. You compassed my going and my reclinings [i.e., I can do nothing without Your knowing of it], and You are familiar with all of my ways.


###### Psalms 139:4
[Psalms 139:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:4)

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין מִ֭לָּה בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑י הֵ֥ן יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For no word is yet on my tongue, and lo, O Lord, Thou knowst it all.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When the word is not yet on my tongue, O L rd, You know all [I am going to say].


###### Psalms 139:5
[Psalms 139:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:5)

אָח֣וֹר וָקֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי וַתָּ֖שֶׁת עָלַ֣י כַּפֶּֽכָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You laid siege to me from the rear and from the front, and You set Your rule over me.


###### Psalms 139:6
[Psalms 139:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:6)

(פלאיה) [פְּלִ֣יאָֽה] דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Knowledge [of escape from You] is concealed from me. It is too formidable. I cannot know it.


###### Psalms 139:7
[Psalms 139:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:7)

אָ֭נָֽה אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ וְ֝אָ֗נָה מִפָּנֶ֥יךָ אֶבְרָֽח׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Where shall I go from Thy spirit? or where shall I flee from Thy presence?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Where shall I go [to conceal myself] from Your wrath, and where can I run from Your presence?


###### Psalms 139:8
[Psalms 139:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:8)

אִם־אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה וְאַצִּ֖יעָה שְּׁא֣וֹל הִנֶּֽךָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there: if I make my bed in She᾽ol, behold, Thou art there.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there, and if I bed myself down in Sheol — here You are!


###### Psalms 139:9
[Psalms 139:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:9)

אֶשָּׂ֥א כַנְפֵי־שָׁ֑חַר אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית יָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If I lifted my wings as the morning star and made the far bounds of the sea my abode,


###### Psalms 139:10
[Psalms 139:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:10)

גַּם־שָׁ֭ם יָדְךָ֣ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִי יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
even there shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand shall hold me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
there, too, Your hand would direct me, and Your right hand hold on to me.


###### Psalms 139:11
[Psalms 139:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:11)

וָ֭אֹמַר אַךְ־חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה א֣וֹר בַּעֲדֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I say, Surely only darkness shall cover me; and the light be night about me,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And if I said: "But darkness will obscure me, and night will darken [things] for me,"


###### Psalms 139:12
[Psalms 139:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:12)

גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹא־יַחְשִׁ֢יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ וְ֭לַיְלָה כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
even the darkness is not dark for Thee, but the night shines like the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
darkness, too, will darken nothing from You, and night will shine [for You] as day. Darkness and light are as one [to You].


###### Psalms 139:13
[Psalms 139:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:13)

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thou hast formed my reins: Thou hast knit me together in my mother’s womb.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For You have acquired my reins [(the center of all my thoughts)]. You covered me [with flesh and skin] in my mother's stomach.


###### Psalms 139:14
[Psalms 139:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:14)

אוֹדְךָ֗ עַ֤ל כִּ֥י נוֹרָא֗וֹת נִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִי נִפְלָאִ֥ים מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י יֹדַ֥עַת מְאֹֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are Thy works; and my soul knows that right well.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I will praise You because I was fashioned awesomely and wondrously. Your deeds are wondrous and my soul knows [it] well.


###### Psalms 139:15
[Psalms 139:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:15)

לֹֽא־נִכְחַ֥ד עׇצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַסֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My essence was not hidden from You, though I was fashioned in hiddenness [(the hiddenness of cohabitation)] and tissued in the depths of the earth [i.e., the nethermost part of my mother's womb].


###### Psalms 139:16
[Psalms 139:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:16)

גׇּלְמִ֤י**׀** רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְעַֽל־סִפְרְךָ֮ כֻּלָּ֢ם יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ (ולא) [וְל֖וֹ] אֶחָ֣ד בָּהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy eyes did see my unshaped flesh; for in Thy book all things are written: the days also in which they are to be fashioned, and for it too there was one of them.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[The unfolding of] my form Your eyes [fore-] saw, and in Your book [(the book of the generations of man that You showed to Adam [viz. Genesis 5:1])], they [(the deeds of all men)] were [all] inscribed, [as if] the days had [already] been created, though none of them [had yet appeared in actuality].


###### Psalms 139:17
[Psalms 139:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:17)

וְלִ֗י מַה־יָּקְר֣וּ רֵעֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑ל מֶ֥ה עָ֝צְמ֗וּ רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How precious also are Thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And to me [(the congregation of Israel)], how precious are Your dear ones [(the righteous)], O G d. How great are their numbers [(the numbers of their righteous deeds)].


###### Psalms 139:18
[Psalms 139:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:18)

אֶ֭סְפְּרֵם מֵח֣וֹל יִרְבּ֑וּן הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי וְעוֹדִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If I came to count them, [I would find them] more numerous than the sands of the sea. I have [now] come to the end [of the generations that You have allotted from the beginning], and it [(the present generation)] is still with You [and in fear of You].


###### Psalms 139:19
[Psalms 139:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:19)

אִם־תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ׀רָשָׁ֑ע וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים ס֣וּרוּ מֶֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely Thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Would that You slew the wicked, O G d! — "Men of blood, get away from me!"


###### Psalms 139:20
[Psalms 139:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:20)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭מְרוּךָ לִמְזִמָּ֑ה נָשׂ֖וּא לַשָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
who speak against Thee wickedly, and Thy enemies, who take Thy name in vain.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
They mention You [i.e., Your name] with wicked intent (attributing Your G dliness to idolatry)]. Your foes have taken [Your name] in vain.


###### Psalms 139:21
[Psalms 139:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:21)

הֲלֽוֹא־מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ יְהֹוָ֥ה׀אֶשְׂנָ֑א וּ֝בִתְקוֹמְמֶ֗יךָ אֶתְקוֹטָֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Do I not hate, O Lord, those who hate Thee? and do I not strive with those who rise up against Thee?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Will I not hate Your haters, O L rd? Will I not battle with those who rise up against You?


###### Psalms 139:22
[Psalms 139:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:22)

תַּכְלִ֣ית שִׂנְאָ֣ה שְׂנֵאתִ֑ים לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗ים הָ֣יוּ לִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I hate them with the utmost hatred: I count them my enemies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have hated them to the heights of hatred. I have deemed them my [own] enemies.


###### Psalms 139:23
[Psalms 139:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:23)

חׇקְרֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל וְדַ֣ע לְבָבִ֑י בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִי וְדַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Probe me, O L rd, and know my heart. Examine me and know my thoughts.


###### Psalms 139:24
[Psalms 139:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/139:24)

וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And see if a way of vexation [(of the L rd)] is within me. [If it is,] then lead me in the way of the world [(to death)].