^{1 Ref} > Yahweh, you have searched me, And you know me.

^{2 Ref} You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

^{3 Ref} You search out my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.

^{4 Ref} For there is not a word on my tongue, But, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

^{5 Ref} You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.

^{6 Ref} This knowledge is beyond me. It's lofty. I can't attain it.

^{7 Ref} Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?

^{8 Ref} If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

^{9 Ref} If I take the wings of the dawn, And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;

^{10 Ref} Even there your hand will lead me, And your right hand will hold me.

^{11 Ref} If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; The light around me will be night;"

^{12 Ref} Even the darkness doesn't hide from you, But the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

^{13 Ref} For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother's womb.