God’s Word
For Everyday Life

LORD, you have searched me,

You know my sitting down and my rising up.

You search out my path and my lying down,

For there is not a word on my tongue,

You hem me in behind and before.

This knowledge is beyond me.

Where could I go from your Spirit?

If I ascend up into heaven, you are there.

If I take the wings of the dawn,

even there your hand will lead me,

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me.

even the darkness doesn’t hide from you,

For you formed my inmost being.

I will give thanks to you,

My frame wasn’t hidden from you,

Your eyes saw my body.

How precious to me are your thoughts, God!

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.

If only you, God, would kill the wicked.

For they speak against you wickedly.

LORD, don’t I hate those who hate you?

I hate them with perfect hatred.

Search me, God, and know my heart.

See if there is any wicked way in me,