O Lord, you have examined me and you know me. You know when I sit and when I stand; you perceive my thoughts from a distance. | 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 afar. |
A word is not even on my tongue and you, O Lord, are completely aware of it. | Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. |
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Where can I go to hide from your spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I take my rest in the netherworld, you are also there. | Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! |
You created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am wonderfully made; awesome are your works, as I know very well. | For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. |
Examine me, O God, and know my heart; test me and understand my thoughts. See if I follow an evil way, and guide me on the way to eternity. | Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! |
O Lord, hear my prayer, incline your ear to my supplications. In your faithfulness respond to me with your righteousness. | Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy! 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 | I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah |
At dawn let me experience your kindness, for in you I place my trust. Show me the path I must walk, for to you I lift up my soul. | Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know 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 gracious Spirit lead me along a level path. | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! |
I will extol you, my God and King; I will bless your name forever and ever. | I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. |
Great is the Lord and worthy of the highest praise; no one can even begin to comprehend his greatness. | Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable. |
The Lord is righteous in all his ways and merciful in everything he does. | The Lord is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works. |
The Lord is near to all who call out to him, to all who call out to him sincerely. | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
And opens the eyes of those who cannot see. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. | 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 stranger and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he blocks the way of the wicked. | The Lord watches over the sojourners; he upholds the widow and the fatherless, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. |
He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. | He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. |
For the Lord takes delight in his people, and he crowns the humble with salvation. | For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation. |
Let everything that breathes offer praise to the Lord. Alleluia. | Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! |
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the company of scoffers. | Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers. |
But you, O Lord, are a shield to protect me; you are my glory and the one who raises my head high. | But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. |
Salvation comes from the Lord. May your blessing be upon your people. Selah | Salvation belongs to the Lord; your blessing be on your people! Selah |
In peace I lie down and sleep, for only with your help, O Lord, can I rest secure. | In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. |
O Lord, at daybreak you hear my voice; at daybreak I bring my petition before you and await your reply. | O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch. |
Truly, you bless the righteous, O Lord; you surround them with your goodwill as with a shield. | For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover him with favor as with a shield. |
What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? | What is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? |