New Living Translation | New Living Translation |
1O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. | 1O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. |
2You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. | 2You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. |
3You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. | 3You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. |
4You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD. | 4You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD. |
5You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. | 5You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. |
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! | 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! |
7I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! | 7I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! |
8If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. | 8If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. |
9If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, | 9If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, |
10even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. | 10even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. |
11I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— | 11I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— |
12but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. | 12but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. |
13You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. | 13You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. |
14Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. | 14Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. |
15You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. | 15You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. |
16You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. | 16You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. |
17How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! | 17How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! |
18I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! | 18I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! |
19O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers! | 19O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers! |
20They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name. | 20They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name. |
21O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you? | 21O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you? |
22Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies. | 22Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies. |
23Search me, O 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 anxious thoughts. |
24Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. | 24Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. |
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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