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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
אחור וקדם צרתני ותשת עלי כפכה
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
AKHvr vqdm TSrtny vtSHt `ly kpkh

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
custodi me Domine de manu impii a viro iniquitatum serva me qui cogitaverunt subplantare gressus meos

King James Variants
American King James Version   
You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand on me.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
You have hedged me behind and before, and laid your hand upon me.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
New King James Version   
You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
21st Century King James Version   
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid Thine hand upon me.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
For from the beginning to the end you have formed me, and you have set your hand upon me.
Darby Bible Translation   
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
God's Word   
You are all around me-in front of me and in back of me. You lay your hand on me.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
You have encircled me; You have placed Your hand on me.
International Standard Version   
You encircle me from back to front, placing your hand upon me.
NET Bible   
You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.
New American Standard Bible   
You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
New International Version   
You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
New Living Translation   
You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
The World English Bible   
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
EasyEnglish Bible   
You are all around me, in front of me and behind me. You put your hand on me to help me.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
New Life Version   
You have closed me in from behind and in front. And You have laid Your hand upon me.
The Voice Bible   
You have surrounded me on every side, behind me and before me, and You have placed Your hand gently on my shoulder.
Living Bible   
You both precede and follow me and place your hand of blessing on my head.
New Catholic Bible   
You enfold me from in front and from behind, and you place your hand upon me.
Legacy Standard Bible   
You have enclosed me behind and before, And You have put Your hand upon me.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Thou hast formed my face and my insides and laid thine hand upon me.
Christian Standard Bible   
You have encircled me; you have placed your hand on me.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
You have beset me and shut me in—behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.
New Century Version   
You are all around me—in front and in back— and have put your hand on me.
The Message   
God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I’m an open book to you; even from a distance, you know what I’m thinking. You know when I leave and when I get back; I’m never out of your sight. You know everything I’m going to say before I start the first sentence. I look behind me and you’re there, then up ahead and you’re there, too— your reassuring presence, coming and going. This is too much, too wonderful— I can’t take it all in!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
You put a fence behind me and in front of me, and you have placed your hand on me.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
Good News Translation®   
You are all around me on every side; you protect me with your power.
Wycliffe Bible   
the new things and eld; thou hast formed me, and hast set thine hand on me. (Thou art behind me, and before me; and thou hast set thy hand upon me.)
Contemporary English Version   
and with your powerful arm you protect me from every side.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
Common English Bible © 2011   
You surround me—front and back. You put your hand on me.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
You have enclosed me behind and before, And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me.
New American Standard Bible   
You have encircled me behind and in front, And placed Your hand upon me.
The Expanded Bible   
You ·are all around me [L hem me in]—in front and in back— and have put your hand on me.
Tree of Life Version   
You hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me.
Revised Standard Version   
Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me.
New International Reader's Version   
You are all around me, behind me and in front of me. You hold me safe in your hand.
BRG Bible   
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Complete Jewish Bible   
You have hemmed me in both behind and in front and laid your hand on me.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Thou hast enclosed me achor (behind) and kedem (before), and laid Thine hand upon me.
Names of God Bible   
You are all around me—in front of me and in back of me. You lay your hand on me.
Modern English Version   
You put Yourself behind and before me, and keep Your hand on me.
Easy-to-Read Version   
You are all around me—in front of me and behind me. I feel your hand on my shoulder.
International Children’s Bible   
You are all around me—in front and in back. You have put your hand on me.
Lexham English Bible   
You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me.
New International Version - UK   
You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.