2 WYC thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen. BSB BSB: You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 WYC Thou hast vndirstonde my thouytis fro fer; thou hast enquerid my path and my corde. BSB BSB: You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
4 WYC And thou hast bifor seien alle my weies; for no word is in my tunge. BSB BSB: Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 WYC Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me. BSB BSB: You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 WYC Thi kunnyng is maad wondirful of me; it is coumfortid, and Y schal not mowe to it. BSB BSB: Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
8 WYC If Y schal stie in to heuene, thou art there; if Y schal go doun to helle, thou art present. BSB BSB: If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
9 WYC If Y schal take my fetheris ful eerli; and schal dwelle in the last partis of the see. BSB BSB: If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
10 WYC And sotheli thider thin hond schal leede me forth; and thi riyt hond schal holde me. BSB BSB: even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
11 WYC And Y seide, In hap derknessis schulen defoule me; and the nyyt is my liytnyng in my delicis. BSB BSB: If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
12 WYC For whi derknessis schulen not be maad derk fro thee, aud the niyt schal be liytned as the dai; as the derknessis therof, so and the liyt therof. 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 WYC I schal knouleche to thee, for thou art magnefied dreedfuli; thi werkis ben wondirful, and my soule schal knouleche ful miche. BSB BSB: I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
15 WYC Mi boon, which thou madist in priuete, is not hyd fro thee; and my substaunce in the lower partis of erthe. 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 WYC Thin iyen sien myn vnperfit thing, and alle men schulen be writun in thi book; daies schulen be formed, and no man is in tho. 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 WYC Forsothe, God, thi frendis ben maad onourable ful myche to me; the princeheed of hem is coumfortid ful myche. BSB BSB: How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 WYC I schal noumbre hem, and thei schulen be multiplied aboue grauel; Y roos vp, and yit Y am with thee. 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 WYC For thou, God, schalt slee synneris; ye menquelleris, bowe awei fro me. BSB BSB: O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
20 WYC For ye seien in thouyt; Take thei her citees in vanite. BSB BSB: who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.
21 WYC Lord, whether Y hatide not hem that hatiden thee; and Y failide on thin enemyes? BSB BSB: Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?
22 WYC Bi perfite haterede Y hatide hem; thei weren maad enemyes to me. BSB BSB: I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.
23 WYC God, preue thou me, and knowe thou myn herte; axe thou me, and knowe thou my pathis. BSB BSB: Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.
24 WYC And se thou, if weie of wickidnesse is in me; and lede thou me forth in euerlastinge wei. BSB BSB: See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.
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