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¹ Lord, you have examined me
    and know all about me.
² You know when I sit down and when I get up.
    You know my thoughts before I think them.
³ You know where I go and where I lie down.
    You know everything I do.
⁴ Lord, even before I say a word,
    you already know it.
⁵ You are all around me—in front and in back—
    and have put your hand on me.
⁶ Your knowledge is amazing to me;
    it is more than I can understand.

⁷ Where can I go to get away from your Spirit?
    Where can I run from you?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there.
    If I lie down in the grave, you are there.
⁹ If I rise with the sun in the east
    and settle in the west beyond the sea,
¹⁰ even there you would guide me.
    With your right hand you would hold me.

¹¹ I could say, "The darkness will hide me.
    Let the light around me turn into night."
¹² But even the darkness is not dark to you.
    The night is as light as the day;
    darkness and light are the same to you.

¹³ You made my whole being;
    you formed me in my mother's body.
¹⁴ I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way.
    What you have done is wonderful.
    I know this very well.
¹⁵ You saw my bones being formed
    as I took shape in my mother's body.
When I was put together there,
¹⁶ you saw my body as it was formed.
All the days planned for me
    were written in your book
    before I was one day old.

¹⁷ God, your thoughts are precious to me.
    They are so many!
¹⁸ If I could count them,
    they would be more than all the grains of sand.
When I wake up,
    I am still with you.

¹⁹ God, I wish you would kill the wicked!
    Get away from me, you murderers!
²⁰ They say evil things about you.
    Your enemies use your name thoughtlessly.
²¹ Lord, I hate those who hate you;
    I hate those who rise up against you.
²² I feel only hate for them;
    they are my enemies.

²³ God, examine me and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any bad thing in me.
    Lead me on the road to everlasting life.