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¹ Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
² You know everything I do;
    from far away you understand all my thoughts.
³ You see me, whether I am working or resting;
    you know all my actions.
⁴ Even before I speak,
    you already know what I will say.
⁵ You are all around me on every side;
    you protect me with your power.
⁶ Your knowledge of me is too deep;
    it is beyond my understanding.

⁷ Where could I go to escape from you?
    Where could I get away from your presence?
⁸ If I went up to heaven, you would be there;
    if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
⁹ If I flew away beyond the east
    or lived in the farthest place in the west,
¹⁰ you would be there to lead me,
    you would be there to help me.
¹¹ I could ask the darkness to hide me
    or the light around me to turn into night,
¹² but even darkness is not dark for you,
    and the night is as bright as the day.
    Darkness and light are the same to you.

¹³ You created every part of me;
    you put me together in my mother's womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because you are to be feared;
    all you do is strange and wonderful.
    I know it with all my heart.
¹⁵ When my bones were being formed,
    carefully put together in my mother's womb,
when I was growing there in secret,
    you knew that I was there—
¹⁶     you saw me before I was born.
The days allotted to me
    had all been recorded in your book,
    before any of them ever began.
^17 (a)O God, how difficult I find your thoughts;^[b]
    how many of them there are!
¹⁸ If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand.
    When I awake, I am still with you.

¹⁹ O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked!
    How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
²⁰ They say wicked things about you;
    they speak evil things against your name.^[c]
21 O Lord, how I hate those who hate you!
    How I despise those who rebel against you!
²² I hate them with a total hatred;
    I regard them as my enemies.

²³ Examine me, O God, and know my mind;
    test me, and discover my thoughts.
²⁴ Find out if there is any evil in me
    and guide me in the everlasting way.^[d]