For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

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.

You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.

How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!

My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways.

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to it.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”

Even before there is a word on my tongue,
Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

You have enclosed me behind and before,
And laid Your hand upon me.

Do I not hate those who hate You, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

Even there Your hand will lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

Even the darkness is not dark to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
Darkness and light are alike to You.

O that You would slay the wicked, O God;
Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed.

And see if there be any hurtful way in me,
And lead me in the everlasting way.

I hate them with the utmost hatred;
They have become my enemies.

If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand.
When I awake, I am still with You.

For they speak against You wickedly,
And Your enemies take Your name in vain.