1 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:marvelous are thy works;and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from theewhen 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.