Psalms

1 To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, You have searched me and known me.

2 You know my sitting down, and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar off.

3 You sift my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.

4 For not a word is on my tongue, but, lo, O Jehovah, You know it all.

5 You have closed me in behind, and in front, and Your hand is laid on me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is set on high; I am not able to reach it.

7 Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your face?

8 If I go up to Heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there!

9 If I take the wings of the morning, dwelling in the uttermost part of the sea,

10 even there Your hand shall lead me; and Your right hand shall seize me.

11 If I say: Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light around me.

12 Even the darkness will not be dark from You, but the night shines as the day; as is the darkness, so is the light.

13 For You have possessed my inward parts; You wove me in the womb of my mother.

14 I will thank You, for with awesome ways I am distinguished; Your works are marvelous, and my soul knows it very well.

15 My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret; when I was woven in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my embryo; and in Your book all my members were written the days they were formed, and not one was yet among them.

17 And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more than the sand; when I awake I am still with You.

19 Surely You will slay the wicked, O God; and men of blood will turn away from me.

20 Who will maliciously speak against You? Your enemies are lifted up with vanity.

21 O Jehovah, do not I hate those hating You? And am I not detesting those rising against You?

22 I hate them with a perfect hatred; they have become my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts;

24 and see if any wicked way is in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

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