You Have Searched Me and Known Me 2 ULT You, you know my sitting down and my rising up; you understand my thought from far away. BSB BSB: You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 ULT My path and my lying down you have winnowed, and you are familiar with all of my ways. BSB BSB: You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4 ULT For there is not a word on my tongue; behold, Yahweh, you know all of it. BSB BSB: Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 ULT Behind and before you have enclosed me, and you have set your palm upon me. BSB BSB: You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 ULT { Such} knowledge{ is} too wonderful for me; it is high; I am not capable of it. BSB BSB: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
8 ULT If I ascend{ to} the heavens, you{ are} there, and I spread out{ in} Sheol, behold, you! BSB BSB: If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9 ULT { If} I lift up the wings of the dawn, dwell in the farthest part of the sea, BSB BSB: If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 ULT even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. BSB BSB: even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11 ULT And I said,“Surely darkness will crush me, and night, the light around me.” BSB BSB: If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12 ULT Even darkness does not make it dark to you, and the night shines like the day; like darkness, like light. 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 ULT I will thank you because fearsomely, I am wonderfully made. Wonderful{ are} your works, and my soul knows{ it} 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 ULT My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,{ when} I was woven 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 ULT your eyes saw my unformed substance. And in your book all of them were written: the days were formed, and{ yet} not one of them{ was}. 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 ULT And to me, how precious are your thoughts, God! How numerous are their heads! BSB BSB: How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 ULT { If} I should count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and 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 ULT If only you would kill the wicked, God! And men of bloodshed, depart from me, BSB BSB: O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 ULT who speak of you for an evil purpose; they lift up{ your name} to emptiness— your enemies. BSB BSB: who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 ULT Do I not hate the ones hating you, Yahweh? And do I not loathe the ones rising up against you? BSB BSB: Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22 ULT { With} a completeness of hatred I hate them; they have become enemies to me. BSB BSB: I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
23 ULT Search me, God, and know my heart; examine me and know my cares. BSB BSB: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24 ULT And see if a way of hurtfulness{ is} in me, and lead me in the way of eternity. BSB BSB: See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
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