[1] Lord, you tested me. You know all about me.
[2] You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts from far away.
[3] Lord, you know where I am going and when I am lying down. You know everything I do.
[4] Lord, you know what I want to say, even before the words leave my mouth.
[5] Lord, you are all around me— in front and in back of me. You gently put your hand on me.
[6] I am amazed at what you know. It is too much for me to understand.
[7] Your Spirit is in every place I go. Lord, I can’t escape you.
[8] Lord, if I go up to heaven, you are there. If I go down to the place of death, you are there.
[9] Lord, if I go east where the sun rises, you are there. If I go west to the sea, you are there.
[10] Even there your right hand holds me, and you lead me by the hand.
[11] Lord, I might try to hide from you and say, ”The day has changed to night. Surely the darkness will hide me.”
[12] But even darkness is not dark to you, Lord, The night is as bright as day to you. To you, darkness and light are the same.
[13] Lord, you made my whole body. You knew all about me while I was still in my mother’s body.
[14] Lord, I praise you! You made me in an amazing and wonderful way. I know very well that what you did is wonderful!
[15] You know all about me. You watched my bones grow while my body took shape, hidden in my mother’s body.
[16] You watched my body parts grow. You listed them all in your book. You watched me every day. Not one of them ˻is missing˼.
[17] Your thoughts are important to me. God, you know so much!
[18] If I could count them, they would be more than all the grains of sand. And when I finished, I would still be with you.
[19] God, kill the wicked people. Take those murderers away from me.
[20] They say bad things about you. They say bad things about your name.
[21] Lord, I hate the people who hate you. I hate the people who turn against you.
[22] I hate them completely! Your enemies are also my enemies.
[23] Lord, look at me and know my heart. Test me and know my thoughts.
[24] See if I have any evil thoughts. And guide me on the path that continues forever.