1  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 * El|strong="H0410"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 * EloahGod! 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 * El|strong="H0410"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.