1 Yahweh, you have searched me,

and you know me.

2 You know my sitting down and my rising up.

You perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You search out 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, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

5 You hem me in behind and before.

You laid your hand on me.

6 This knowledge is beyond me.

It’s lofty.

I can’t attain it.

7 Where could I go from your Spirit?

Or where could I flee from your presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

9 If I take the wings of the dawn,

and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 even there your hand will lead me,

and your right hand will hold me.

11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me.

The light around me will be night,"

12 even the darkness doesn’t hide from you,

but the night shines as the day.

The darkness is like light to you.

13 For you formed my inmost being.

You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks to you,

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Your works are wonderful.

My soul knows that very well.

15 My frame wasn’t hidden from you,

when I was made in secret,

woven together in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my body.

In your book they were all written,

the days that were ordained for me,

when as yet there were none of them.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!

How vast is their sum!

18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.

When I wake up, I am still with you.

19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked.

Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20 For they speak against you wickedly.

Your enemies take your name in vain.

21 Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you?

Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred.

They have become my enemies.

23 Search me, God, and know my heart.

Try me, and know my thoughts.

24 See if there is any wicked way in me,

and lead me in the everlasting way.

1 To the Overcomer, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me and known [me].

2 Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou dost understand my thoughts from afar.

3 Thou hast girded my walk and my rest, and hast prepared all my ways.

4 For the word [is] not even upon my tongue, [and], behold, O LORD, thou dost know it altogether.

5 Thou hast formed my face and my insides and laid thine hand upon me.

6 [Thy] knowledge [is] wonderful beyond my ability to comprehend; it is high, I cannot understand it.

7 Where shall I go from thy spirit? or where shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend to the heavens, thou [art] there: 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 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall shine because of me.

12 Even the darkness does not hide from thee; but the night shines as the day; the darkness is as the light.

13 For thou hast possessed my kidneys: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made; marvellous [are] thy works, and [that], my soul knows right well.

15 My body was not hid from thee, even though [I] was made in secret [and] brought together in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance yet being imperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] were then formed, without [lacking] one of them.

17 Therefore, how precious 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 I not hate [all] those, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them 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 eternal.: