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| 1. | Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: |
| 2. | thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up. |
| 3. | Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. |
| 4. | And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue. |
| 5. | Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me. |
| 6. | Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it. |
| 7. | Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? |
| 8. | If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. |
| 9. | If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: |
| 10. | Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me. |
| 11. | And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures. |
| 12. | But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee. |
| 13. | For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb. |
| 14. | I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well. |
| 15. | My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth. |
| 16. | Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them. |
| 17. | But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. |
| 18. | I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee. |
| 19. | If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me: |
| 20. | Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain. |
| 21. | Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies? |
| 22. | I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me. |
| 23. | Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths. |
| 24. | And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way. |