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| [1]To the Overseer. -- A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest. |
[1]O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. |
| [2]Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar. |
[2]Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
| [3]My path and my couch Thou hast fanned, And [with] all my ways hast been acquainted. |
[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, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all! |
[4]For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. |
| [5]Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand. |
[5]Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. |
| [6]Knowledge too wonderful for me, It hath been set on high, I am not able for it. |
[6]Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. |
| [7]Whither do I go from Thy Spirit? And whither from Thy face do I flee? |
[7]Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
| [8]If I ascend the heavens -- there Thou [art], And spread out a couch in Sheol, lo, Thee! |
[8]If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. |
| [9]I take the wings of morning, I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea, |
[9]If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; |
| [10]Also there Thy hand doth lead me, And Thy right hand doth hold me. |
[10]Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
| [11]And I say, `Surely darkness bruiseth me, Then night [is] light to me. |
[11]If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. |
| [12]Also darkness hideth not from Thee, And night as day shineth, as [is] darkness so [is] light. |
[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 -- Thou hast possessed my reins, Thou dost cover me in my mother's belly. |
[13]For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. |
| [14]I confess Thee, because that [with] wonders I have been distinguished. Wonderful [are] Thy works, And my soul is knowing [it] well. |
[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, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth. |
[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]Mine unformed substance Thine eyes saw, And on Thy book all of them are written, The days they were formed -- And not one among them. |
[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. |
| [17]And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum! |
[17]How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! |
| [18]I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee. |
[18]If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. |
| [19]Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me! |
[19]Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. |
| [20]Who exchange Thee for wickedness, Lifted up to vanity [are] Thine enemies. |
[20]For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. |
| [21]Do not I hate, Jehovah, those hating Thee? And with Thy withstanders grieve myself? |
[21]Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? |
| [22][With] perfect hatred I have hated them, Enemies they have become to me. |
[22]I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. |
| [23]Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts, |
[23]Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: |
| [24]And see if a grievous way be in me, And lead me in a way age-during! |
[24]And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |