1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me. VP
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off. VP
3 Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes. VP
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but loe, thou knowest it wholy, O Lord. VP
5 Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me. VP
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderfull for mee: it is so high that I cannot attaine vnto it. VP
7 Whither shall I goe from thy Spirite? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? VP
8 If I ascende into heauen, thou art there: if I lye downe in hell, thou art there. VP
9 Let mee take the winges of the morning, and dwell in the vttermost parts of the sea: VP
10 Yet thither shall thine hand leade me, and thy right hand holde me. VP
11 If I say, Yet the darkenes shal hide me, euen the night shalbe light about me. VP
12 Yea, the darkenes hideth not from thee: but the night shineth as the day: the darkenes and light are both alike. VP
13 For thou hast possessed my reines: thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe. VP
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well. VP
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth. VP
16 Thine eyes did see me, when I was without forme: for in thy booke were all things written, which in continuance were facioned, when there was none of them before. VP
17 Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them! VP
18 If I should count them, they are moe then the sand: when I wake, I am still with thee. VP
19 Oh that thou wouldest slay, O God, the wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye from mee: VP
20 Which speake wickedly of thee, and being thine enemies are lifted vp in vaine. VP
21 Doe not I hate them, O Lorde, that hate thee? and doe not I earnestly contend with those that rise vp against thee? VP
22 I hate them with an vnfained hatred, as they were mine vtter enemies. VP
23 Try mee, O God, and knowe mine heart: prooue me and know my thoughtes, VP
24 And consider if there be any way of wickednes in me, and leade me in the way for euer. VP