2 GLT You know when I sit and when I rise; 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 GLT You have measured my path and my resting places; and 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 GLT For there is not a word on my tongue..., See, you know it completely, Yahweh. BSB BSB: Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 GLT Behind and before you encircle me and you place your hand upon me. BSB BSB: You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 GLT Such knowledge is too wonderful for me! it is high; I cannot reach it. BSB BSB: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
8 GLT 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 GLT If I rise on the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, BSB BSB: If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 GLT 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 GLT 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 GLT even the darkness would not be dark to you, and night would shine like the day. The darkness is like the light 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 GLT I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My inner being 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 GLT My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in private, when I was woven together 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 GLT Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days formed for me were recorded in your book even before the first 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 GLT 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 GLT If I counted them, they would be more numberous 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 GLT If only you would kill the wicked, God; and you men of bloodshed, get away from me. BSB BSB: O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 GLT For they speak against you with evil intent; your enemies abuse your character BSB BSB: who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 GLT 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 GLT I hate them completely; they have become my enemies. BSB BSB: I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
23 GLT 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 GLT See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the path of forever. BSB BSB: See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
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