1LORD, you have searched me,
2You know my sitting down and my rising up.
3You search out my path and my lying down,
4For there is not a word on my tongue,
5You hem me in behind and before.
6This knowledge is beyond me.
7Where could I go from your Spirit?
8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.
9If I take the wings of the dawn,
10even there your hand will lead me,
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me.
12even the darkness doesn’t hide from you,
13For you formed my inmost being.
14I will give thanks to you,
15My frame wasn’t hidden from you,
16Your eyes saw my body.
17How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.
19If only you, God, would kill the wicked.
20For they speak against you wickedly.
21LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you?
22I hate them with perfect hatred.
23Search me, God, and know my heart.
24See if there is any wicked way in me,