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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].
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 understand my thought from afar.
You understand my thought from afar.
Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
And are intimately 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 there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
And laid 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 too high, I cannot attain to it.
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Or where can 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, behold, You are there.
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, 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 dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
And if I say, Surely darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night;
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
And the light around me will 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,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
You wove me 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.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very 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 made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought 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 have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, 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 should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
When I awake, I am still with You.
Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O +God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.
O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
For they speak of thee wickedly, they take [thy name] in vain, thine enemies.
For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
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 the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.
They have become my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; prove me, and know my thoughts;
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;