- O Lord, you have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from far away. - Even before a word is on my tongue,
O Lord, you know it completely. - Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. - For it was you who formed my inward parts;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well. - Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my thoughts.
See if there is any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting. - Hear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my supplications in your faithfulness;
answer me in your righteousness. - I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah - Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul. - Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God.
Let your good spirit lead me
on a level path. - I will extol you, my God and King,
and bless your name forever and ever. - Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable. - The Lord is just in all his ways,
and kind in all his doings. - The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth. - The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous. - The Lord watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. - He heals the brokenhearted,
and binds up their wounds. - For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with victory. - Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord! - Happy are those
who do not follow the advice of the wicked,
or take the path that sinners tread,
or sit in the seat of scoffers. - But you, O Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head. - Deliverance belongs to the Lord;
may your blessing be on your people! Selah - I will both lie down and sleep in peace;
for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety. - O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
in the morning I plead my case to you, and watch. - For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
you cover them with favor as with a shield. - What are human beings that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them?
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