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Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
you discern my thoughts from afar.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
You understand my thought from afar.
You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
and are acquainted with all my ways.
You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
Behold, O LORD, You know it all.
You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
and lay your hand upon me.
You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.
And laid Your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
it is high; I cannot attain it.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.
Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.
If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
and your right hand shall hold me.
Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
and the light about me be night,”
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
And the light around me will be night,”
even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.
For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.
For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
How vast is the sum of them!
How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
How vast is the sum of them!
If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
I awake, and I am still with you.
If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.
When I awake, I am still with You.
Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
O men of blood, depart from me!
O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.
For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?
I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
I count them my enemies.
I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.
They have become my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;