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¹ O Lord, You have ^(a)searched me and known me.
² You ^(b)know ^[a]when I sit down and ^[b]when I rise up;
You ^(c)understand my thought from afar.
³ You ^[c](d)scrutinize my ^[d]path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
^4 [e]Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You ^(e)know it all.
⁵ You have ^(f)enclosed me behind and before,
And ^(g)laid Your hand upon me.
⁶ Such ^(h)knowledge is ⁽ⁱ⁾too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

^7 (j)Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
^8 (k)If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in ^[f]Sheol, behold, ^(l)You are there.
⁹ If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
¹⁰ Even there Your hand will ^(m)lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
¹¹ If I say, "Surely the ⁽ⁿ⁾darkness will ^[g]overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,"
¹² Even the ^(o)darkness is not dark ^[h]to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
^(p)Darkness and light are alike to You.

¹³ For You ^(q)formed my ^[i]inward parts;
You ^(r)wove me in my mother's womb.
¹⁴ I will give thanks to You, for ^[j]I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
^(s)Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
¹⁵ My ^[k](t)frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the ^(u)depths of the earth;
¹⁶ Your ^(v)eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in ^(w)Your book were all written
The ^(x)days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are Your ^(y)thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ If I should count them, they would ^(z)outnumber the sand.
When ^(aa)I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹ O that You would ^(ab)slay the wicked, O God;
^(ac)Depart from me, therefore, ^(ad)men of bloodshed.
²⁰ For they ^(ae)speak ^[l]against You wickedly,
And Your enemies ^[m](af)take Your name in vain.
²¹ Do I not ^(ag)hate those who hate You, O Lord?
And do I not ^(ah)loathe those who rise up against You?
²² I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.

^23 (ai)Search me, O God, and know my heart;
^(aj)Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
²⁴ And see if there be any ^[n](ak)hurtful way in me,
And ^(al)lead me in the ^(am)everlasting way.