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.