| 1 | A Psalm of David.> O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. |
| 2 | Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
| 3 | Thou compassest 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 LORD, thou knowest it altogether. |
| 5 | Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine 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 hell, 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 cover me; even the night shall be light about me. |
| 12 | Yea, 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 hast possessed my reins: 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 knoweth right well. |
| 15 | My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
| 16 | Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, 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 bloody men. |
| 20 | For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain. |
| 21 | Do not I hate them, 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 everlasting. |
