| 1 | O LORD, thou hast searched me and known me! |
| 2 | Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar. |
| 3 | Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. |
| 4 | Even before a word is on my tongue, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. |
| 5 | Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me. |
| 6 | Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it. |
| 7 | Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
| 8 | If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there! |
| 9 | If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, |
| 10 | even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
| 11 | If I say, "Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me be night," |
| 12 | even the darkness is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with thee. |
| 13 | For thou didst form my inward parts, thou didst knit me together in my mother's womb. |
| 14 | I praise thee, for thou art fearful and wonderful. Wonderful are thy works! Thou knowest me right well; |