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¹ For the Leader. A Psalm of David. ² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.³ Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, Thou knowest it altogether.⁵ Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too 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 the nether-world, 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 would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me.¹¹ And if I say: 'Surely the darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';¹² Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, ¹³ For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.¹⁴ I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; ¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from Thee, ¹⁶ Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written--

¹⁷ How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!¹⁸ If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.¹⁹ If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God--depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;²⁰ Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies--²¹ Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?²² I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;²⁴ And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.