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,