| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. | 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. |
| 2You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. | 2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. |
| 3You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. | 3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. |
| 4Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. | 4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD. |
| 5You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. | 5You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. |
| 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. | 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. |
| 7Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? | 7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? |
| 8If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. | 8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. |
| 9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, | 9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, |
| 10even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. | 10even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. |
| 11If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me," | 11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— |
| 12even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. | 12even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You. |
| 13For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. | 13For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. |
| 14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. | 14I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. |
| 15My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. | 15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. |
| 16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. | 16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be. |
| 17How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! | 17How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum! |
| 18Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand-- when I awake, I am still with you. | 18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You. |
| 19If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! | 19O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men— |
| 20They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. | 20who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain. |
| 21Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you? | 21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? |
| 22I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies. | 22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies. |
| 23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. | 23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. |
| 24See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. | 24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting. |
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