1 Senhor, tu me sondas e me conheces.

2 Sabes quando me assento e quando me levanto;

de longe penetras os meus pensamentos.

3 Esquadrinhas o meu andar e o meu deitar

e conheces todos os meus caminhos.

4 Ainda a palavra me não chegou à língua,

e tu, Senhor, já a conheces toda.

5 Tu me cercas por trás e por diante

e sobre mim pões a mão.

6 Tal conhecimento é maravilhoso demais para mim:

é sobremodo elevado, não o posso atingir.

7 Para onde me ausentarei do teu Espírito?

Para onde fugirei da tua face?

8 Se subo aos céus, lá estás;

se faço a minha cama no mais profundo abismo,

lá estás também;

9 se tomo as asas da alvorada

e me detenho nos confins dos mares,

10 ainda lá me haverá de guiar a tua mão,

e a tua destra me susterá.

11 Se eu digo: as trevas, com efeito, me encobrirão,

e a luz ao redor de mim se fará noite,

12 até as próprias trevas não te serão escuras:

as trevas e a luz são a mesma coisa.

13 Pois tu formaste o meu interior,

tu me teceste no seio de minha mãe.

14 Graças te dou, visto que por modo assombrosamente maravilhoso me formaste;

as tuas obras são admiráveis,

e a minha alma o sabe muito bem;

15 os meus ossos não te foram encobertos,

quando no oculto

fui formado e entretecido como nas profundezas da terra.

16 Os teus olhos me viram a substância ainda informe,

e no teu livro foram escritos todos os meus dias,

cada um deles escrito e determinado,

quando nem um deles havia ainda.

17 Que preciosos para mim, ó Deus, são os teus pensamentos!

E como é grande a soma deles!

18 Se os contasse, excedem os grãos de areia;

contaria, contaria, sem jamais chegar ao fim.

19 Tomara, ó Deus, desses cabo do perverso;

apartai-vos, pois, de mim, homens de sangue.

20 Eles se rebelam insidiosamente contra ti

e como teus inimigos falam malícia.

21 Não aborreço eu, Senhor, os que te aborrecem?

E não abomino os que contra ti se levantam?

22 Aborreço-os com ódio consumado;

para mim são inimigos de fato.

23 Sonda-me, ó Deus, e conhece o meu coração,

prova-me e conhece os meus pensamentos;

24 vê se há em mim algum caminho mau

e guia-me pelo caminho eterno.

1 O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;

Thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,

And art acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word in my tongue,

But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before,

And laid thy hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?

Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me,

And thy right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me,

And the light about me shall be night;

12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee,

But the night shineth as the day:

The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13 For thou didst form my inward parts:

Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Wonderful are thy works;

And that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My frame was not hidden from thee,

When I was made in secret,

And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance;

And in thy book they were all written,

Even the days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto 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 thee.

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:

Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

20 For they speak against thee wickedly,

And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee?

And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred:

They are become mine enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart:

Try me, and know my thoughts;

24 And see if there be any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting.

1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.

2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.

5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.

9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,

10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"

12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, "God! How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand — when I awake, I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!

20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.

21 Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?

22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.