1 J ehovah, thou hast searched me, and known.

2 T hou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;

3 T hou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;

4 F or there is not yet a word on my tongue, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

5 T hou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.

6 O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot unto it.

7 W hither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?

8 I f I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou;

9 I take the wings of the dawn dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

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

11 A nd if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;

12 E ven darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.

13 F or 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 my soul knoweth right well.

15 M y bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.

16 T hine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all were written; days were they fashioned, when there was none of them.

17 B ut how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.

19 O h that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.

20 F or they speak of thee wickedly, they take in vain, thine enemies.

21 D o 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 S earch me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;

24 A nd see if there be any grievous way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.