1. O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2. You know when I sit down and when I rise up;you discern my thoughts from afar.
3. You search out my path and my lying downand are acquainted with all my ways.
4. Even before a word is on my tongue,behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5. You hem me in, behind and before,and lay your hand upon me.
6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;it is high; I cannot attain it.
7. Where shall I go from your Spirit?Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8. If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9. If I take the wings of the morningand dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10. even there your hand shall lead me,and your right hand shall hold me.