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O Lord, you havepJer. 12:3; See Ps. 7:9; 17:3; 44:21 searched me and known me!
2 Youq2 Kgs. 19:27; Lam. 3:63 know when I sit down and when I rise up;
your[Job 14:16; 31:4; Matt. 9:4; John 2:24, 25] discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord,sHeb. 4:13 you know it altogether.
5 YoutJob 19:8 hem me in, behind and before,
anduJob 9:33 lay your hand upon me.
6 vRom. 11:33 Such knowledge iswJob 42:3 too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.
7 x[Jer. 23:24] Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or whereyJonah 1:3 shall I flee from your presence?
8 z[Amos 9:2] If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
a[Job 26:6] If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shallbver. 24; Ps. 23:3 lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say,c[Job 22:14] “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night, ”
12 dJob 34:22; [Dan. 2:22] even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.
13 For youeDeut. 32:6 formed my inward parts;
youf[Job 10:11] knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.1Or for I am fearfully set apart
gSee Ps. 72:18 Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 h[Job 10:8-10; Eccles. 11:5] My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven iniPs. 63:9 the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in yourjPs. 56:8 book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there were none of them.
17 How precious to me are yourkPs. 92:5 thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 lPs. 40:5 If I would count them, they are more thanmGen. 22:17 the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.
19 Oh that you wouldnIsa. 11:4; [Ps. 9:17] slay the wicked, O God!
OoPs. 5:6 men of blood,pSee Ps. 6:8 depart from me!
20 Theyq[Jude 15] speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemiesrEx. 20:7 take your name in vain!
21 sSee Ps. 26:5 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I nottPs. 119:158 loathe those whouPs. 59:1 rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
vPs. 26:2 Try me and know my thoughts!1Or cares
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
andwver. 10 lead me inx[Jer. 6:16; 18:15] the way everlasting!1Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16)