1 - For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
2 - Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 - Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
4 - For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
5 - Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
6 - [Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 - Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 - If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.
9 - If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 - Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
11 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
12 - 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 - For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
14 - 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 - My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 - 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 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 - If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
19 - Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
20 - For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
21 - 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 perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.
23 - Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts;
24 - And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.