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

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

2 Y ou know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.

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

3 Y ou scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.

4 E ven before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

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

5 Y ou have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.

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

6 S uch knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

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

7 W here can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can 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 to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

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

9 I f I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

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

10 E ven there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

11 I f I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,”

If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;

12 E ven the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.

Even 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 formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.

For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

15 M y frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Y our eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.

17 H ow precious 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 should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

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

19 O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

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

20 F or they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies 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 those who hate You, O Lord ? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies.

I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

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

Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;

24 A nd see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

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