Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, you have psearched me and known me!
2You qknow when I sit down and when I rise up;
you rdiscern my thoughts from afar.
3You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, syou know it altogether.
5You them me in, behind and before,
and ulay your hand upon me.
6vSuch knowledge is wtoo wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
7xWhere shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where yshall I flee from your presence?
8zIf I ascend to heaven, you are there!
aIf I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10even there your hand shall blead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, c“Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12deven the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
13For you eformed my inward parts;
you fknitted me together in my mother's womb.
14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.1
gWonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15hMy frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in ithe depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your jbook were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
17How precious to me are your kthoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18lIf I would count them, they are more than mthe sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
19Oh that you would nslay the wicked, O God!
O omen of blood, pdepart from me!
20They qspeak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies rtake your name in vain.2
21sDo I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not tloathe those who urise up against you?
22I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart!
vTry me and know my thoughts!3
24And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and wlead me in xthe way everlasting!4
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