GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 O LORD, you have examined me, and you know me.
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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
2 You alone know when I sit down and when I get up. You read my thoughts from far away.
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You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
3 You watch me when I travel and when I rest. You are familiar with all my ways.
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You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before there is a [single] word on my tongue, you know all about it, LORD.
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For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
5 You are all around me--in front of me and in back of me. You lay your hand on me.
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You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is beyond my grasp. It is so high I cannot reach it.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
7 Where can I go [to get away] from your Spirit? Where can I run [to get away] from you?
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Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in hell, you are there.
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If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I climb upward on the rays of the morning sun [or] land on the most distant shore of the sea where the sun sets,
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If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand would guide me and your right hand would hold on to me.
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Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, "Let the darkness hide me and let the light around me turn into night,"
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If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me," Even the night shall be light about me;
12 even the darkness is not too dark for you. Night is as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same [to you].
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Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
13 You alone created my inner being. You knitted me together inside my mother.
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For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.
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I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
15 My bones were not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop.
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My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw me when I was only a fetus. Every day [of my life] was recorded in your book before one of them had taken place.
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Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.
17 How precious are your thoughts concerning me, O God! How vast in number they are!
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How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 If I try to count them, there would be more of them than there are grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
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If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.
19 I wish that you would kill wicked people, O God, and that bloodthirsty people would leave me alone.
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Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.
20 They say wicked things about you. Your enemies misuse your name.
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For they speak against You wickedly; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 Shouldn't I hate those who hate you, O LORD? Shouldn't I be disgusted with those who attack you?
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Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
22 I hate them with all my heart. They have become my enemies.
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I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.
23 Examine me, O God, and know my mind. Test me, and know my thoughts.
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Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 See whether I am on an evil path. Then lead me on the everlasting path.
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And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.