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You Have Searched Me and Know Me
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me].
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
you discern my thoughts from afar.
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
and are acquainted with all my ways.
For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
and lay your hand upon me.
O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend up into the heavens thou art there; or if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou [art there];
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
[If] I take the wings of the dawn [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
and your right hand shall hold me.
And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
and the light about me be night,”
Even darkness hideth not from thee, and the night shineth as the day: the darkness is as the light.
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all [my members] were written; [during many] days were they fashioned, when [as yet] there was none of them.
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
How vast is the sum of them!
[If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
I awake, and I am still with you.
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
O men of blood, depart from me!
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee? and do not I loathe them that rise up against thee?
Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
I hate them with perfect hatred; I account them mine enemies.
I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
I count them my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;