1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. |
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. |
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. |
4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. |
5 You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. |
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. |
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? |
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. |
9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, |
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me. |
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me; |
12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You. |
13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. |
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. |
15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. |
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 would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You. |
19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men. |
20 For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain. |
21 Do I not hate them, O LORD, who hate You? And do I not loathe 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 anxieties; |
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. |