1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Yehovah, you have searched me, and known me.
2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
3You search out my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word on my tongue, But, behold, O Yehovah, you know it altogether.
5You have hemmed me in behind and before, And laid your hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain to it.
7Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there.
9If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10Even there your hand shall lead me, And your right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
12Even the darkness does not hide from you, But the night shines as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to you.
13For you formed my inward parts: You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I will give thanks to you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are your works; And that my soul knows very well.
15My frame was not hidden from you, When I was made in secret, And intricately woven in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed substance; And in your book they were all written, Even the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was none of them.
17How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with you.
19Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
20For they speak against you wickedly, And your enemies take your name in vain.
21Do I not hate those, O Yehovah, who hate you? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22I hate them with perfect hatred: They have become my enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
24And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.