[1] O LORD, You have searched me and known me. [2] You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far off. [3] You search my path and my lying down and are aware of all my ways. [4] For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O LORD, You know it fully. [5] You put Yourself behind and before me, and keep Your hand on me. [6] Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is lofty, and I cannot fathom it. [7] Where shall I go from Your spirit, or where shall I flee from Your presence? [8] If I ascend to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. [9] If I take the wings of the morning and dwell at the end of the sea, [10] even there Your hand shall guide me, and Your right hand shall take hold of me. [11] If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light shall be as night about me," [12] even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines as the day, for the darkness is like light to You. [13] You brought my inner parts into being; You wove me in my mother's womb. [14] I will praise you, for You made me with fear and wonder; marvelous are Your works, and You know me completely. [15] My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, and intricately put together in the lowest parts of the earth. [16] Your eyes saw me unformed, yet in Your book all my days were written, before any of them came into being. [17] How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! [18] If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You. [19] If only You would slay the wicked, O God! O violent men, depart from me. [20] For they speak against You with malice, and Your enemies take your name in vain. [21] Do I not hate those, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not abhor those who rise up against You? [22] I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. [23] Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my concerns, [24] and see if there is any rebellious way in me, and lead me in the ancient way.
