1 LORD, you have searched me,

2 You know my sitting down and my rising up.

3 You search out my path and my lying down,

4 For there is not a word on my tongue,

5 You hem me in behind and before.

6 This knowledge is beyond me.

7 Where could I go from your Spirit?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.

9 If I take the wings of the dawn,

10 even there your hand will lead me,

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me.

12 even the darkness doesn’t hide from you,

13 For you formed my inmost being.

14 I will give thanks to you,

15 My frame wasn’t hidden from you,

16 Your eyes saw my body.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God!

18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.

19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked.

20 For they speak against you wickedly.

21 LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred.

23 Search me, God, and know my heart.

24 See if there is any wicked way in me,