[1] Yahweh, you have searched me,    And you know me. [2] You know my
sitting down and my rising up.	  You perceive my thoughts from afar. [3]
You search out my path and my lying down,    And are acquainted with all my
ways. [4] For there is not a word on my tongue,    But, behold, Yahweh, you
know it altogether. [5] You hem me in behind and before.    You laid your
hand on me. [6] This knowledge is beyond me.	It is lofty. I can`t attain
it. [7] Where could I go from your Spirit?    Or where could I flee from
your presence? [8] If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.	 If I make
my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! [9] If I take the wings of the
dawn,	 And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea; [10] Even there your
hand will lead me,    And your right hand will hold me. [11] If I say,
"Surely the darkness will overwhelm me;    The light around me will be
night;" [12] Even the darkness doesn`t hide from you,	 But the night
shines as the day.    The darkness is like light to you. [13] For you
formed my inmost being.    You knit me together in my mother`s womb. [14] I
will give thanks to you,    For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your
works are wonderful.	My soul knows that very well. [15] My frame wasn`t
hidden from you,    When I was made in secret,	  Woven together in the
depths of the earth. [16] Your eyes saw my body.    In your book they were
all written,	The days that were ordained for me,    When as yet there
were none of them. [17] How precious to me are your thoughts, God!    How
vast is the sum of them! [18] If I would count them, they are more in
number than the sand.	 When I wake up, I am still with you. [19] If only
you, God, would kill the wicked.    Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
[20] For they speak against you wickedly.    Your enemies take your name in
vain. [21] Yahweh, don`t I hate those who hate you?    Am I not grieved
with those who rise up against you? [22] I hate them with perfect hatred.  
 They have become my enemies. [23] Search me, God, and know my heart.	
Try me, and know my thoughts. [24] See if there is any wicked way in me,   
And lead me in the everlasting way.	 Psalm 140  For the Chief Musician.
A Psalm by David.