KJV 1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. NIV 1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. KJV 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. NIV 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. KJV 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. NIV 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. KJV 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. NIV 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. KJV 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. NIV 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. KJV 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. NIV 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. KJV 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? NIV 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? KJV 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. NIV 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. KJV 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; NIV 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, KJV 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. NIV 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. KJV 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. NIV 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” KJV 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. NIV 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. KJV 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. NIV 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. KJV 14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. NIV 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. KJV 15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. NIV 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. KJV 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. NIV 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. KJV 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! NIV 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! KJV 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. NIV 18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you. KJV 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. NIV 19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! KJV 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. NIV 20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. KJV 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? NIV 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you? KJV 22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. NIV 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies. KJV 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: NIV 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. KJV 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. NIV 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
NIV 1 You have searched me, LORD, and you know me. NIV 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. NIV 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. NIV 4 Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. NIV 5 You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me. NIV 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. NIV 7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? NIV 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. NIV 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, NIV 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. NIV 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” NIV 12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you. NIV 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. NIV 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. NIV 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. NIV 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. NIV 17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them! NIV 18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you. NIV 19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty! NIV 20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name. NIV 21 Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you? NIV 22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies. NIV 23 Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. NIV 24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.