You Have Searched Me and Known Me 2 UEB You know when I sit down and when I get up; you understand my thoughts from far away. BSB BSB: You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 UEB You observe my path and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. BSB BSB: You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4 UEB For before there is a word on my tongue, you know it completely, Yahweh. BSB BSB: Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 UEB Behind me and before me you surround me and place your hand upon me. BSB BSB: You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 UEB Such knowledge is too much for me; it is too high, and I cannot reach it. BSB BSB: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
8 UEB If I ascend up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there. BSB BSB: If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9 UEB If I fly away on the wings of the morning and go to live in the uttermost parts across the sea, BSB BSB: If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 UEB even there your hand will lead me, your right hand will hold on to me. BSB BSB: even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11 UEB If I said, "Surely the darkness will cover me, and the light will become night around me," BSB BSB: If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12 UEB even the darkness would not be dark to you. The night would shine like the day, for the darkness and the light are both alike to you. BSB BSB: even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
14 UEB I will praise you, for I am wonderfully made. My soul knows this very well. BSB BSB: I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
15 UEB My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in private, when I was intricately made in the depths of the earth. BSB BSB: My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 UEB You saw me inside the womb; all the days assigned to me were recorded in your book even before the first one happened. BSB BSB: Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
17 UEB How precious are your thoughts to me, God! How vast is their sum! BSB BSB: How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 UEB If I tried to count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with you. BSB BSB: If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
19 UEB If only you would kill the wicked, God; get away from me, you violent men. BSB BSB: O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 UEB They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies tell lies. BSB BSB: who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 UEB Do I not hate those, Yahweh, who hate you? Do I not despise those who rise up against you? BSB BSB: Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22 UEB I hate them completely; they have become my enemies. BSB BSB: I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
23 UEB Examine me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. BSB BSB: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24 UEB See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. BSB BSB: See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
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