Holy Bible - American Standard Version(ASV)

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

¹O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known me.

²Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;

Thou understandest my thought afar off.

³Thou searchest out my path and my lying down,

And art acquainted with all my ways.

⁴For there is not a word in my tongue,

But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

⁵Thou hast beset me behind and before,

And laid thy hand upon me.

⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

⁷Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?

Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

⁸If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

⁹If I take the wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

¹⁰Even there shall thy hand lead me,

And thy right hand shall hold me.

¹¹If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me,

And the light about me shall be night;

¹²Even the darkness hideth not from thee,

But the night shineth as the day:

The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

¹³For thou didst form my inward parts:

Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:

Wonderful are thy works;

And that my soul knoweth right well.

¹⁵My frame was not hidden from thee,

When I was made in secret,

And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁶Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance;

And in thy book they were all written,

Even the days that were ordained for me,

When as yet there was none of them.

¹⁷How precious also are thy thoughts unto 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 thee.

¹⁹Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:

Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

²⁰For they speak against thee wickedly,

And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

²¹Do not I hate them, O Jehovah, that hate thee?

And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

²²I hate them with perfect hatred:

They are become mine enemies.

²³Search me, O God, and know my heart:

Try me, and know my thoughts;

²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting.