1 Unto the end, a Psalm of David. Lord thou hast proved me, and hast known me:
1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.
2 Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 Thou hast understood my cogitations far off: my path, and my cord thou hast searched out.
3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: because there is not a word in my tongue.
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Behold, o Lord, thou hast known all the last things, & them of old: thou hast formed me, and hast put thy hand upon me.
5 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 Thy knowledge is become marvelous of me: it is made great, and I cannot reach to it.
6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? And whither shall I fly from thy face?
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy face?
8 If I shall ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.
9 If I shall take my wings early, and dwell in the extreme parts of the sea.
9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Certes thither also shall thy hand conduct me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall tread over me: and the night is mine illumination in my delights.
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 For darkness shall not be darkened from thee, and the night shall be lightened as the day: as the darkness thereof, so also the light thereof.
12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
13 Because thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast received me from my mother's womb.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
14 I will confess to thee, because thou art terribly magnified: thy works are marvelous, & my soul knoweth exceedingly.
14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
15 My bone is not hid from thee, which thou madest in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
16 Mine imperfection thine eyes have seen, & in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, & no man in them.
16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17 But to me thy friends, o God, are become honourable exceedingly: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honorable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and I am yet with thee.
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with thee.
19 If thou shalt kill sinners, o God: ye men of blood depart from me.
19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 Because you say in thought: they shall receive thy cities in vain.
20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 Did not I hate them that hate thee, o Lord: and pined away because of thine enemies?
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pined away because of thy enemies?
22 with perfect hatred did I hate them: they are become enemies to me.
22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
23 Prove me, o God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
24 And see, if the way of iniquity be in me: and conduct me in the everlasting way.
24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.