¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. ²You know when I sit and when I rise; ³You search out my path and my lying down; ⁴Even before a word is on my tongue, ⁵You hem me in behind and before; ⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, ⁷Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? ⁸If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; ⁹If I rise on the wings of the dawn, ¹⁰even there Your hand will guide me; ¹¹If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, ¹²even the darkness is not dark to You, ¹³For You formed my inmost being; ¹⁴I praise You, ¹⁵My frame was not hidden from You ¹⁶Your eyes saw my unformed body; ¹⁷How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, ¹⁸If I were to count them, ¹⁹O God, that You would slay the wicked— ²⁰who speak of You deceitfully; ²¹Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, ²²I hate them with perfect hatred; ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart; ²⁴See if there is any offensive way in me;