Thomson(i)
1 For the conclusion. A Psalm by David. LORD, thou hast proved me and known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up. Thou from afar understandest my thoughts.
3 Thou has tracked my path and my line: and hast seen distinctly all my ways;
4 that there is not an evil word on my tongue. Behold thou, Lord, knowest all things;
5 the last and the things of earliest date. Thou hast formed me and laid thy hand on me.
6 This knowledge of thine is too wonderful for me. It is great beyond my comprehension.
7 Whither can I go from thy spirit? And from thy presence whither can I flee?
8 If I ascend up to heaven, thou art there. If I go down to the mansion of the dead, there thou art.
9 If I wing my flight towards the morning; or dwell at the extremes of this sea;
10 even there thy hand will guide me; and thy right hand will restrain me.
11 When I said, Darkness will surely trample me down: then to my great joy, night was luminous.
12 For darkness cannot darken from thee; even night can be made light as day: the darkness of that, as the light of this.
13 Because thou, Lord, hast possessed my reins; hast supported me from my mother's womb;
14 I will adore thee, for thou art awfully wonderful. Thy works are wonderful; as my soul well knoweth.
15 From thee was not concealed this bone of mine; which thou in secret didst fashion.
16 When my substance was in the lowest parts of the earth; thine eyes beheld the unwrought part of me. When on thy book all shall be enrolled; they will day by day be fashioned.
17 When none among these were yet in being; for me these friends of thine, God, were highly prized: their principalities were made very strong.
18 Were I to number them, they would surpass the sand. I have been raised up and am still with thee.
19 Since thou, God, slayest sinners: begone from me ye bloody men.
20 For in answer to their reasoning thou wilt say, In vain shall they take these cities of thine.
21 Have I not, Lord, hated them who hate thee; and been melted for them who are thine enemies!
22 With perfect hatred I have hated them; I have accounted them mine enemies.
23 Try me, O God, and know my heart: examine me and know my ways;
24 and see if there be in me any trace of iniquity; and lead me in an everlasting way.