[1] LORD, you have examined me and know all about me. [2] You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts before I think them. [3] You know where I go and where I lie down. You know everything I do. [4] LORD, even before I say a word, you already know it. [5] You are all around me-in front and in back- and have put your hand on me. [6] Your knowledge is amazing to me; it is more than I can understand. [7] Where can I go to get away from your Spirit? Where can I run from you? [8] If I go up to the heavens, you are there. If I lie down in the grave, you are there. [9] If I rise with the sun in the east and settle in the west beyond the sea, [10] even there you would guide me. With your right hand you would hold me. [11] I could say, "The darkness will hide me. Let the light around me turn into night." [12] But even the darkness is not dark to you. The night is as light as the day; darkness and light are the same to you. [13] You made my whole being; you formed me in my mother's body. [14] I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well. [15] You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother's body. When I was put together there, [16] you saw my body as it was formed. All the days planned for me were written in your book before I was one day old. [17] God, your thoughts are precious to me. They are so many! [18] If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. [19] God, I wish you would kill the wicked! Get away from me, you murderers! [20] They say evil things about you. Your enemies use your name thoughtlessly. [21] LORD, I hate those who hate you; I hate those who rise up against you. [22] I feel only hate for them; they are my enemies. [23] God, examine me and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. [24] See if there is any bad thing in me. Lead me on the road to everlasting life.
