To the chief Musician,
A Psalm of David.
O lord,
thou hast searched me, and known me.
02 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
thou understandest my thought afar off.
03 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and
art acquainted with all my ways.
04 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo,
O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
05 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid
thine hand upon me.
06 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is
high, I cannot attain unto it.
07 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither
shall I flee from thy presence?
08 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if
I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
09 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.
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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.
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