14. I praise you because you are to be feared;all you do is strange and wonderful.I know it with all my heart.
15. When my bones were being formed,carefully put together in my mother's womb,when I was growing there in secret,you knew that I was there —
16. you saw me before I was born.The days allotted to mehad all been recorded in your book,before any of them ever began.
17. O God, how difficult I find your thoughts;how many of them there are!
18. If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand.When I awake, I am still with you.
19. O God, how I wish you would kill the wicked!How I wish violent people would leave me alone!
20. They say wicked things about you;they speak evil things against your name.
21. O Lord, how I hate those who hate you!How I despise those who rebel against you!
22. I hate them with a total hatred;I regard them as my enemies.
23. Examine me, O God, and know my mind;test me, and discover my thoughts.
24. Find out if there is any evil in meand guide me in the everlasting way.