1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. |
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. |
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. |
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. |
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. |
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. |
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; |
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. |
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. |
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. |
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. |
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. |
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. |
