| International Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1LORD, you have examined me; you have known me. | 1For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know. |
| 2You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you. | 2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives. |
| 3You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways. | 3You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do. |
| 4Even before I have formed a word with my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely! | 4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it. |
| 5You encircle me from back to front, placing your hand upon me. | 5You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me. |
| 6Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it. | 6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. |
| 7Where can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence? | 7Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? |
| 8If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are! | 8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. |
| 9If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon | 9If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea, |
| 10your hand will guide me there, too, while your right hand keeps a firm grip on me. | 10even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me. |
| 11If I say, "Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night," | 11If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me," |
| 12even darkness isn't dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you. | 12even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you. |
| 13It was you who formed my internal organs, fashioning me within my mother's womb. | 13Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother's womb. |
| 14I praise you, because you are fearful and wondrous! Your work is wonderful, and I am fully aware of it. | 14I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly; |
| 15My frame was not hidden from you while I was being crafted in a hidden place, knit together in the depths of the earth. | 15my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. |
| 16Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet. | 16Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence. |
| 17How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number! | 17How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total! |
| 18Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you. | 18If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you. |
| 19God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me, | 19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men! |
| 20who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain. | 20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie. |
| 21I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ? | 21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you? |
| 22With consummate hatred I hate them; I consider them my enemies. | 22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies! |
| 23Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts. | 23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! |
| 24See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way. | 24See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path! |
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