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[1]For the Leader. A Psalm of David. O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, Thou hast searched me, and known me.
[2]Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.
[3]Thou measurest my going about and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
[4]For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, Thou knowest it altogether.
[5]Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.
[6]Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; too 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 the nether-world, 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 would Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand would hold me.
[11]And if I say: 'Surely t darkness shall envelop me, and the light about me shall be night';
[12]Even the darkness is not too dark for Thee, but the night shineth as the day; the darkness is even as the light.
[13]For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.
[14]I will give thanks unto Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
[15]My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
[16]Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance, and in Thy book they were all written—even the days that were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
[17]How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
[18]If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.
[19]If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God—depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;
[20]Who utter Thy name with wicked thought, they take it for falsehood, even Thine enemies—
[21]Do not I hate them, O 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, that hate Thee? And do not I strive with those that rise up against Thee?
[22]I hate them with utmost hatred; I count them mine enemies.
[23]Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts;
[24]And see if there be any way in me that is grievous, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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