Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Lord, you have examined me and you know me.
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<<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, you have searched me, And you know me.
2 You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts.
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You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You see me, whether I am working or resting; you know all my actions.
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You search out my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before I speak, you already know what I will say.
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For there is not a word on my tongue, But, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
5 You are all around me on every side; you protect me with your power.
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You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
6 Your knowledge of me is too deep; it is beyond my understanding.
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This knowledge is beyond me. It is lofty. I can't attain it.
7 Where could I go to escape from you? Where could I get away from your presence?
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Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
8 If I went up to heaven, you would be there; if I lay down in the world of the dead, you would be there.
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If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!
9 If I flew away beyond the east or lived in the farthest place in the west,
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If I take the wings of the dawn, And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 you would be there to lead me, you would be there to help me.
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Even there your hand will lead me, And your right hand will hold me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me or the light around me to turn into night,
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If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; The light around me will be night;"
12 but even darkness is not dark for you, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are the same to you.
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Even the darkness doesn't hide from you, But the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
13 You created every part of me; you put me together in my mother's womb.
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For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because you are to be feared; all you do is strange and wonderful. I know it with all my heart.
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I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
15 When my bones were being formed, carefully put together in my mother's womb, when I was growing there in secret, you knew that I was there -
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My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 you saw me before I was born. The days allotted to me had all been recorded in your book, before any of them ever began.
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Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there were none of them.
17 O God, how difficult I find your thoughts; how many of them there are!
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How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
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If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked! How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
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If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 They say wicked things about you; they speak evil things against your name.
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For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
21 O Lord, how I hate those who hate you! How I despise those who rebel against you!
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Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with a total hatred; I regard them as my enemies.
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I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my mind; test me, and discover my thoughts.
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Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
24 Find out if there is any evil in me and guide me in the everlasting way.
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See if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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