1 [To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known {me}.2 *Thou* knowest my down-sitting 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 yet a word on 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 O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot {attain} unto it.7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?8 If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou {art there};9 {If} I take the wings of the dawn {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 And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;12 Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.13 For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and {that} my soul knoweth right well.15 My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.16 Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all {my members} were written; {during many} days were they fashioned, when {as yet} there was none of them.17 But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O *God! how great is the sum of them!18 {If} I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.19 Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.20 For they speak of thee wickedly, they take {thy name} in vain, thine enemies.21 Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.23 Search me, O *God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;24 And see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

1 Vir die musiekleier. 'n Psalm van Dawid. HERE, U deurgrond en ken my.2 U ken my sit en my opstaan; U verstaan van ver my gedagte.3 U deurvors my gaan en my lê, en U is met al my weë goed bekend.4 Want daar is nog geen woord op my tong nie -- of U, HERE, U ken dit geheel en al.5 U sluit my in van agter en van voor, en U lê u hand op my.6 Om dit te begryp, is te wonderbaar vir my, te hoog: ek kan daar nie by nie.7 Waar sou ek heengaan van u Gees en waarheen vlug van u aangesig?8 Klim ek op na die hemel, U is daar; en maak ek die doderyk my bed, kyk, U is daar!9 Neem ek die vleuels van die dageraad, gaan ek by die uiteinde van die see woon,10 ook daar sou u hand my lei en u regterhand my vashou.11 En as ek sê: Mag tog net die duisternis my oorval en die lig nag wees tot my beskutting,12 dan is selfs die duisternis vir U nie donker nie, en die nag gee lig soos die dag, die duisternis is soos die lig.13 Want U het my niere gevorm, my in my moeder se skoot geweef.14 Ek loof U, omdat ek so vreeslik wonderbaar is; wonderbaar is u werke! En my siel weet dit alte goed.15 My gebeente was vir U nie verborge toe ek in die geheim gemaak is nie, kunstig geweef in die dieptes van die aarde.16 U oë het my ongevormde klomp gesien; en in u boek is hulle almal opgeskrywe: dae dat alles bepaal was, toe nog geeneen van hulle daar was nie.17 Hoe kosbaar is dan vir my u gedagtes, o God! Hoe geweldig is hulle volle som nie!18 Wil ek hulle tel, hulle is meer as die sand; word ek wakker, dan is ek nog by U.19 o God, as U tog maar die goddelose wou ombring! En julle manne van bloed, gaan van my af weg!20 Hulle wat arglistig teen U spreek, u Naam ydellik verhef -- u teëstanders!21 HERE, sou ek die nie haat wat vir U haat, en 'n afsku hê van die wat teen U opstaan nie?22 Ek haat hulle met 'n volkome haat; vyande is hulle vir my!23 Deurgrond my, o God, en ken my hart; toets my en ken my gedagtes;24 en kyk of daar by my 'n weg is van smart, en lei my op die ewige weg!