1. O Lord, thou hast me search'd and known.
2. Thou know'st my sitting down,And rising up; yea, all my thoughtsafar to thee are known.
3. My footsteps, and my lying down,thou compassest always;Thou also most entirely artacquaint with all my ways.
4. For in my tongue, before I speak,not any word can be,But altogether, lo, O Lord,it is well known to thee.
5. Behind, before, thou hast beset,and laid on me thine hand.
6. Such knowledge is too strange for me,too high to understand.
7. From thy Sp'rit whither shall I go?or from thy presence fly?
8. Ascend I heav'n, lo, thou art there;there, if in hell I lie.
9. Take I the morning wings, and dwellin utmost parts of sea;
10. Ev'n there, Lord, shall thy hand me lead,thy right hand hold shall me.
11. If I do say that darkness shallme cover from thy sight,Then surely shall the very nightabout me be as light.