O lord, you tried me, and knew me.
You knew my sitting down and my rising up; you perceived my thoughts from far off.
My path and my bent rush grass you traced; and all my ways you looked out ahead.
For there is no deceit in my tongue. Behold, O lord, you knew all things;
the last and the former. You shaped me and put upon
causes wonder in me; it was strengthened; in no way should I be able to attain it.
Where should I go from your spirit? And from your presence where should I flee?
If I should ascend into the heaven, you are there; if I should go down into Hades, you are at hand.
If I may take up my wings at dawn, and I should encamp unto the ends of the sea,
even there your hand shall guide me, and shall hold
And I said, Surely darkness shall trample me; even was illumination for my luxury;
for darkness will not be made darkness with you; and night as day shall be given light; as its darkness, so also its light.
For you acquired of my kidneys; you took hold of me from out of of my mother.
I will make acknowledgment to you, for fearfully you caused wonder; of your works; and my soul knows exceedingly.
were not from you, which you made in secret; and my essence in the lowermost parts of the earth.
my unfinished state and on your scroll all men shall be written. Days were shaped, and no one among them.
I shall count them out, and above they shall be multiplied; I awake, and still I am with you.
kill sinners, O God. O men of blood, turn aside from me!
For you will say concerning their thoughts, in
Is it not the ones detesting you, O lord, that I detested? and against your enemies I wasted?
In perfect hatred I detested them; as to me.
Try me, O God, and know my heart! Examine me, and know my paths!