1 Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know when I sit down and when I stand up;You understand my thoughts from far away.
3 You observe my travels and my rest;You are aware of all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue,You know all about it, Lord.
5 You have encircled me;You have placed Your hand on me.
6 This extraordinary knowledge is beyond me.It is lofty; I am unable to reach it.
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?Where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I go up to heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9 If I live at the eastern horizonor settle at the western limits,
10 even there Your hand will lead me;Your right hand will hold on to me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me,and the light around me will be night” —
12 even the darkness is not dark to You.The night shines like the day;darkness and light are alike to You.
13 For it was You who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise Youbecause I have been remarkably and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful,and I know this very well.
15 My bones were not hidden from Youwhen I was made in secret,when I was formed in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw me when I was formless;all my days were written in Your book and plannedbefore a single one of them began.
17 God, how difficult Your thoughts arefor me to comprehend;how vast their sum is!
18 If I counted them,they would outnumber the grains of sand; when I wake up, I am still with You.
19 God, if only You would kill the wicked —you bloodthirsty men, stay away from me —
20 who invoke You deceitfully.Your enemies swear by You falsely.
21 Lord, don’t I hate those who hate You,and detest those who rebel against You?
22 I hate them with extreme hatred;I consider them my enemies.
23 Search me, God, and know my heart;test me and know my concerns.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me;lead me in the everlasting way.