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[For the end, a Psalm of David.]
[1] O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me.
[2] Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
[3] Thou hast traced my path and my bed, and hast foreseen all my ways.
[4] For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things,
[5] the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
[6] The knowledge of thee is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I cannot attain to it.
[7] Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence?
[8] If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.
[9] If I should spread my wings to fly straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, it would be vain,
[10] for even there thy hand would guide me, and thy right hand would hold me.
[11] When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night was light in my luxury.
[12] For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light be to thee.
[13] For thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins; thou hast helped me from my mother's womb.
[14] I will give thee thanks; for thou art fearfully wondrous; wondrous are thy works; and my soul knows it well.
[15] My bones, which thou madest in secret were not hidden from thee, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth.
[16] Thine eyes saw my unwrought substance, and all men shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though there should for a time be no one among them.
[17] But thy friends, O God, have been greatly honoured by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened.
[18] I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.
[19] Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God; depart from me, ye men of blood.
[20] For thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take thy cities in vain.
[21] Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?
[22] I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies.
[23] Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths;
[24] and see if there is any way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.
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