2 Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise; Thou knowest my thoughts from afar.

3 Whether I walk, whether I rest, you surround me, and all my ways are known to you.

4 Yet there is not a word on my tongue, but you, O Lord, already know it perfectly.

5 Behind and in front Thou hast encompassed me, and hast laid Thy hand upon me.

6 Wondrous is [Thy] knowledge unto me, that it is high, that I cannot comprehend it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit, and whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there; if I descend into hell, and there Thou art there.

9 Shall I take the wings of the dawn, and dwell on the edge of the sea,

10 and there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 Shall I say, "Perhaps darkness shall hide me, and light shall be made round about me by night";

12 but neither shall darkness obscure from thee, nor shall the night be as bright as the day, as darkness and light.

13 For thou hast made my inward parts, and hast knitted me in my mother's womb.

14 I praise thee, because I am wonderfully made. Wondrous are Thy works, and my soul is fully aware of it.

15 My bones were not hidden from thee, when I was built in secret, I was formed in the depths of the womb.

16 Thy eyes have seen my embryo; in Thy book are written all the days appointed for me, when none of them had yet been.

17 How exalted are thy thoughts unto me, O God, and how great is their number!

18 If I begin to number them, they are more numerous than sand; when I wake up, I'm still with You.

19 Oh, that thou, O God, smote the wicked! Get away from me, you bloodthirsty ones!

20 They speak wickedly against thee; Thy enemies devise vain things.

21 Shall I not hate them that hate thee, O Lord, and abhor them that rise up against thee?

22 With utter hatred I hate them: they are my enemies.