1 O Lord, You have looked through me and have known me.

2 Y ou know when I sit down and when I get up. You understand my thoughts from far away.

3 Y ou look over my path and my lying down. You know all my ways very well.

4 E ven before I speak a word, O Lord, You know it all.

5 Y ou have closed me in from behind and in front. And You have laid Your hand upon me.

6 A ll You know is too great for me. It is too much for me to understand.

7 W here can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I run away from where You are?

8 I f I go up to heaven, You are there! If I make my bed in the place of the dead, You are there!

9 I f I take the wings of the morning or live in the farthest part of the sea,

10 e ven there Your hand will lead me and Your right hand will hold me.

11 I f I say, “For sure the darkness will cover me and the light around me will 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 the same to You.

13 F or You made the parts inside me. You put me together inside my mother.

14 I will give thanks to You, for the greatness of the way I was made brings fear. Your works are great and my soul knows it very well.

15 M y bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret and put together with care in the deep part of the earth.

16 Y our eyes saw me before I was put together. And all the days of my life were written in Your book before any of them came to be.

17 Y our thoughts are of great worth to me, O God. How many there are!

18 I f I could number them, there would be more than the sand. When I awake, I am still with You.

19 I f only You would kill the sinful, O God, and the men of blood would go away from me!

20 F or they speak against You in sin. Those who hate You use Your name in a wrong way.

21 D o I not hate those who hate You, O Lord? And do I not hate those who rise up against You?

22 I hate them with the strongest hate. They have become men who hate me.

23 L ook through me, O God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts.

24 S ee if there is any sinful way in me and lead me in the way that lasts forever.