[1] LORD, you have tested me, so you know all about me. [2] You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts from far away. [3] You know where I go and where I lie down. You know everything I do. [4] LORD, you know what I want to say, even before the words leave my mouth. [5] You are all around me-in front of me and behind me. I feel your hand on my shoulder. [6] I am amazed at what you know; it is too much for me to understand. [7] Your Spirit is everywhere I go. I cannot escape your presence. [8] If I go up to heaven, you will be there. If I go down to the place of death, you will be there. [9] If I go east where the sun rises or go to live in the west beyond the sea, [10] even there you will take my hand and lead me. Your strong right hand will protect me. [11] Suppose I wanted to hide from you and said, "Surely the darkness will hide me. The day will change to night and cover me." [12] Even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same. [13] You formed the way I think and feel. You put me together in my mother's womb. [14] I praise you because you made me in such a wonderful way. I know how amazing that was! [15] You could see my bones grow as my body took shape, hidden in my mother's womb. [16] You could see my body grow each passing day. You listed all my parts, and not one of them was missing. [17] Your thoughts are beyond my understanding. They cannot be measured! [18] If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand. But when I finished, I would have just begun. [19] You murderers, get away from me! God, kill those wicked people- [20] those who say bad things about you. Your enemies use your name falsely. [21] LORD, I hate those who hate you. I hate those who are against you. [22] I hate them completely! Your enemies are also my enemies. [23] God, examine me and know my mind. Test me and know all my worries. [24] Make sure that I am not going the wrong way. Lead me on the path that has always been right.
