O, Lord, you have searched me
and you know me
You know me when I sit and when I rise
you perceive my thoughts from afar
You comprehend my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways
for there is not a word on my tongue
but behold, O Lord, you know it altogether
You have hedged me behind and before
and laid your hand upon me
such knowledge is too wonderful for me
it is high, I cannot attain it.
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven
You are there,
If I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell
in the uttermost parts of the sea.
Even there Your hand shall lead me
and Your right hand shall hold me.
If I say, surely the darkness shall fall on me
even the night shall be light about me
Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from you
but the night shines as day
the darkness and the light are both alike to You
For you formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mothers womb
I will praise You, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully made;
marvelous are Your works
and that my soul know very well
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was made in secret, and skillfully
wrought in the lowest parts of the earth
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet
unformed
and in your book they all were written
the days fashioned for me,
when as yet there were none of them
How precious are you thought to me,
O God, How great is the sum of them
If I should count them, they
would be more in number than the sand
when I awake, I am still with you.
O that you should slay the wicked,
O God, depart from me, therefore, you
blood thirsty men
for they speak against you wickedly,
your enemies take your name in vain
Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate you?
Do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
I hate them with perfect hatred
I count them my enemies
And see if there is any wicked way in me
and lead me in the way everlasting.
