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For the choir director: A psalm of David.
O LORD, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
O LORD, you have examined my heart
and know everything about 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!
You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
and are acquainted with all my ways.
You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, LORD.
even before I say it, LORD.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
and lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!
too great for me to understand!
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
it is high; I cannot attain it.
I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
I can never get away from your 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 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 ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
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 your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
and your strength will support me.
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
and your right hand shall hold me.
I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night —
and the light around me to become night —
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
and the light about me be night,”
but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
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.
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
and knit me together 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.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous — how well I know it.
Your workmanship is marvelous — how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
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.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
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.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
How vast is the sum of them!
I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
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.
O God, if only you would destroy the wicked!
Get out of my life, you murderers!
Get out of my life, you murderers!
Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
O men of blood, depart from me!
They blaspheme you;
your enemies misuse your name.
your enemies misuse your name.
O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you?
Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?
Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you?
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?
Yes, I hate them with total hatred,
for your enemies are my enemies.
for your enemies are my 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;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
test me and know my anxious thoughts.