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| [1] O God thou hast searched me to the quicke: and thou hast knowen me |
[1]O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. |
| [2]Thou knowest my downe sitting & myne vprising: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before they be |
[2]Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. |
| [3]Thou compassest about my path, and my iourney into all coastes: and thou vsest all my wayes |
[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 beholde thou O Lorde knowest it altogether |
[4]For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. |
| [5]Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before: and layde thyne hande vpon me |
[5]Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. |
| [6]The knowledge that [thou hast] of me is marueylous: it is so high that I can not [attayne] vnto it |
[6]Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. |
| [7]Whyther can I go from thy spirite: or whyther can I flee away from thy face |
[7]Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? |
| [8]If I ascende vp into heauen, thou art there: if I lay me downe in hell, thou art there also |
[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 wynges of the morning: and [go to] dwell in the vttermost part of the sea |
[9]If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; |
| [10]Euen there also thy hande shall leade me: and thy right hande shall holde me |
[10]Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
| [11]And yf I say peraduenture the darknesse shall couer me: and the night shalbe day for me |
[11]If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. |
| [12]Truely the darknesse shall not darken any thing from thee, and the night shalbe as lyghtsome as the day: darknesse and lyght [to thee] are both a lyke |
[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 my reynes in thy possession: thou didst couer me in my mothers wombe |
[13]For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. |
| [14]I wyll confesse it vnto thee, for that thy [doynges] are to be dreaded, I am made after a marueylous sort: thy workes be marueylous, and that my soule knoweth ryght 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]The substaunce of my [body] was not hyd from thee: when I was made in secrete and fashioned with distinct members in my mothers wombe |
[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]Thyne eyes dyd see me when I was most imperfect: and in thy booke were written euery day of them [wherin the partes of my body] were shaped, and no one of them were knowen vnto thee |
[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]Howe pretious be thy cogitations towardes me O God? howe greatly be the summe of them increased |
[17]How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! |
| [18]I go about to count them, I fynde that they are mo in number then the sande: and yet whyle I am wakyng I am styll 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]For truely thou wylt slay O Lord the wicked man: and the blood thirstie men [to whom I euer say] depart ye from me |
[19]Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. |
| [20]Who do speake vnto thee in guilefull maner: [thou art O God] exalted in vayne to thyne enemies |
[20]For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. |
| [21]Do not I hate them O God that hate thee? and am not I greeued with those that rise vp agaynst thee |
[21]Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? |
| [22]Yea I hate them from the bottome of myne heart: euen as though they were myne enemies |
[22]I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. |
| [23]Searche me to the quicke O Lorde, and knowe thou myne heart: proue me and knowe thou my thoughtes |
[23]Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: |
| [24]And loke well yf there be any way of peruersnesse in me: and [then] leade me in the way of the worlde |
[24]And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |