1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, you have searched me, and known [me]. 2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought far off. 3You search out my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4For there is not a word in my tongue, But, look, O Yahweh, you know it altogether. 5You have beset me behind and before, And laid your hand on me. 6[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I can't attain to it. 7Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: If I make my bed in Sheol, look, you are there. 9If I take the wings of the morning, And stay in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10Even there your hand will lead me, And your right hand will hold me. 11If I say, Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light about me will be night; 12Even the darkness does not hide from you, But the night shines as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to you]. 13For you formed my inward parts: You knit me together in my mother's womb. 14I will give thanks to you; because of your awesome works I am distinguished Wonderful are your works; And my soul knows that very well. 15My frame was not hidden from you, When I was made in secret, [And] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. 16Your eyes saw me developing from conception; And in your book they were all written, [Even] the days that were formed [for me] When as yet there was none of them. 17How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with you. 19Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, you{+} bloodthirsty men. 20For they speak against you wickedly, And your enemies are lifted up in vain. 21Don't I hate them, O Yahweh, that hate you? And am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? 22I hate them with perfect hatred: They have become my enemies. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts; 24And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.