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You have searched me, Lord and You know me
You know when I sit and when I rise
You perceive my thoughts from afar
You know when I’m wrong and when I’m right

You discern my going out and my lying down
You are familiar with all my ways
Before a word is on my tongue
You, Lord, know it completely, the whole phrase

You hem me in behind and before
And You lay Your hand upon me
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me
Too lofty to attain for me

Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from Your presence?
If I make my bed in the depths, You are there
And You are there if I go up to the heavens

If I rise on the wings of the dawn
If I settle on the far side of the sea
Even there Your hand will guide me
Your right hand will hold fast me
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
And the light become night around me”
Even the darkness will not be dark to You
The night will shine like the day for darkness is as light to You

For You created my inmost being
You knit me together in the womb of my mother
I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made
Your works are wonderful, I know that full well, different from one another

My frame was not hidden from You
When I was made in the secret place
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth
Your eyes saw my unformed body all the days

Your eyes saw my unformed body
All the days ordained for me were written in Your book
Before one of them came to be
And it doesn’t matter how long till this day it took

How precious to me are Your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—
When I awake, I am still with You and is saying Your name

If only You, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
They speak of You with evil intent
Your adversaries misuse Your name and are not trustworthy

Do I not hate those who hate You, Lord
And abhor those who are in rebellion against You?
I have nothing but hatred for them
I count them my enemies for they don’t love You

Search me, God, and know my heart
Test me and know my anxious thoughts
See if there is any offensive way in me
And lead me in the way everlasting, my Lord