| NET Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know. | 1O LORD, you have examined my heart and know everything about me. |
| 2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives. | 2You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. |
| 3You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do. | 3You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. |
| 4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O LORD, being thoroughly aware of it. | 4You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD. |
| 5You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me. | 5You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. |
| 6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. | 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! |
| 7Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? | 7I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! |
| 8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. | 8If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. |
| 9If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea, | 9If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, |
| 10even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me. | 10even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. |
| 11If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me," | 11I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— |
| 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. | 12but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. |
| 13Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother's womb. | 13You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. |
| 14I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly; | 14Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. |
| 15my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. | 15You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. |
| 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. | 16You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. |
| 17How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total! | 17How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! |
| 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. | 18I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! |
| 19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men! | 19O God, if only you would destroy the wicked! Get out of my life, you murderers! |
| 20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie. | 20They blaspheme you; your enemies misuse your name. |
| 21O LORD, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you? | 21O LORD, shouldn’t I hate those who hate you? Shouldn’t I despise those who oppose you? |
| 22I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies! | 22Yes, I hate them with total hatred, for your enemies are my enemies. |
| 23Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! | 23Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. |
| 24See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path! | 24Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life. |
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