1O יהוה, You have searched me And know me.

2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar.

3You sift my path and my lying down, And know well all my ways.

4For there is not a word on my tongue, But see, O יהוה, You know it all!

5You have closed me in, behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me –

6Knowledge too wondrous for me, It is high, I am unable to reach it.

7Where would I go from Your Spirit? Or where would I flee from Your face?

8If I go up into the heavens, You are there; If I make my bed in the grave, see, You are there.

9I take the wings of the morning, I dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10There, too, Your hand would lead me, And Your right hand hold me.

11If I say, “Darkness shall cover me,” Then night would be light to me;

12Even darkness is not dark for You, But night shines as the day – As is darkness, so is light.

13For You, You possessed my kidneys, You have covered me in my mother’s womb.

14I give thanks to You, For I am awesomely and wondrously made! Wondrous are Your works, And my being knows it well.

15My bones was not concealed from You, When I was shaped in a hidden place, Knit together in the depths of the earth.

16Your eyes saw my unformed body. And in Your book all of them were written, The days they were formed, While none was among them.

17And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O Ěl! How great has been the sum of them!

18If I should count them, They would be more than the sand; When I wake up, I am still with You.

19Oh, that You would slay the wrong, O Eloah! Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed!

20They speak against You wickedly. Bring Your enemies to naught!

21O יהוה, do I not hate them, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

22With a complete hatred I hate them; They have become my enemies.

23Search me, O Ěl, and know my heart; Try me, and know my thoughts;

24And see if an idolatrous way is in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.