Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

[ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.

If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there.

Even there shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.

Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .

I will give thanks unto thee; For I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance; And in thy book they were all written, [Even] the days that were ordained [for me], When as yet there was none of them.

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

I hate them with perfect hatred: They are become mine enemies.

And see if there be any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.

Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked; Further not his evil device, [lest] they exalt themselves. {{Selah

Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.

[A Psalm of David]. Jehovah, I have called upon thee; Make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.

Set a watch, O Jehovah, before my mouth; Keep the door of my lips.

Let the righteous smite me, [it shall be] a kindness; And let him reprove me, [it shall be as] oil upon the head; Let not my head refuse it: For even in their wickedness shall my prayer continue.

As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

[Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer]. I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.