| Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
| 1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. | 1For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know. |
| 2You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. | 2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives. |
| 3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. | 3You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do. |
| 4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD. | 4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it. |
| 5You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. | 5You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me. |
| 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. | 6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. |
| 7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? | 7Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? |
| 8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there. | 8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. |
| 9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, | 9If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea, |
| 10even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. | 10even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me. |
| 11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— | 11If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me," |
| 12even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You. | 12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you. |
| 13For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. | 13Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother's womb. |
| 14I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. | 14I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly; |
| 15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. | 15my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. |
| 16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be. | 16Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence. |
| 17How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum! | 17How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total! |
| 18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You. | 18If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you. |
| 19O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men— | 19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men! |
| 20who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain. | 20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie. |
| 21Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You? | 21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you? |
| 22I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies. | 22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies! |
| 23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. | 23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! |
| 24See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting. | 24See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path! |
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