| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1O 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 down and when I rise up; you discern 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 and are acquainted with 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, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. | 4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it. |
| 5You hem me in, behind and before, and lay 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; it is high; I cannot attain it. | 6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. |
| 7Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall 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 heaven, 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 take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the 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 shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. | 10even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me. |
| 11If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” | 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; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with 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 inward parts; you knitted 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. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it 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 being made in secret, intricately woven 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 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. | 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 the sum of them! | 17How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total! |
| 18If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and 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. |
| 19Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me! | 19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men! |
| 20They speak against you with malicious intent; 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 do I not loathe those who rise up against you? | 21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you? |
| 22I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies. | 22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies! |
| 23Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! | 23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! |
| 24And see if there be any grievous way in me, and 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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