Psalms

¹Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me. ↗

²You have known my sitting down and my rising up again. ↗

³You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated. ↗

⁴And you have foreseen all my ways. For there is no word in my tongue. ↗

⁵Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me. ↗

⁶Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it. ↗

⁷Where will I go from your Spirit? And where will I flee from your face? ↗

⁸If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near. ↗

⁹If I assume my feathers in early morning, and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea, ↗

¹⁰even there, your hand will lead me forth, and your right hand will hold me. ↗

¹¹And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, and the night will be my illumination, to my delight. ↗

¹²But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, and night will illuminate like the day: for just as its darkness is, so also is its light. ↗

¹³For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother. ↗

¹⁴I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well. ↗

¹⁵My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth. ↗

¹⁶Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them. ↗

¹⁷But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. Their first ruler has been exceedingly strengthened. ↗

¹⁸I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand. I rose up, and I am still with you. ↗

¹⁹O God, if only you would cut down sinners. You men of blood: depart from me. ↗

²⁰For you say in thought: They will accept your cities in vain. ↗

²¹Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, and wasted away because of your enemies? ↗

²²I have hated them with a perfect hatred, and they have become enemies to me. ↗

²³Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Question me, and know my paths. ↗

²⁴And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, and lead me in the way of eternity. ↗