1 O Lord, you have searched me and have known me.

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2 Y ou know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off.

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Y ou sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways.

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4 F or there is not a word in my tongue, but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

5 Y ou have beset me and shut me in—behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me.

Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6 Y our knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it.

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 W here could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence?

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 I f I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9 I f I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 E ven there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.

even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 I f I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be light about me,

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 E ven the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.

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 F or You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother’s womb.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well.

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15 M y frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret intricately and curiously wrought in the depths of the earth.

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Y our eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.

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 H ow precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 I f I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, I would still be with You.

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

19 I f You would slay the wicked, O God, and the men of blood depart from me—

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

20 W ho speak against You wickedly, Your enemies who take Your name in vain!

For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21 D o I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And am I not grieved and do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

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; they have become my enemies.

I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

23 S earch me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts!

Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

24 A nd see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.