David says the Lord knows all man’s thoughts and doings—He asks: Whither shall man go to escape from the spirit and presence of the Lord?—Man is fearfully and wonderfully made.

 O LORD, thou hast ^asearched^• me, and ^bknown^• me.

 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my ^athought^• afar off.

 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art ^aacquainted with all my ways.

 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

 Such ^aknowledge is too ^bwonderful^• for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

 Whither shall I go from thy ^aspirit^•? or whither shall I flee from thy ^bpresence^•?

 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in ^ahell^•, behold, thou art there.

 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

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

 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

 For thou hast ^apossessed^• my reins: thou hast ^bcovered^• me in my mother’s womb.

 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy ^abook^• all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

 How precious also are thy ^athoughts^• unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

 Surely thou wilt ^aslay^• the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

 For they ^aspeak^• against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in ^bvain^•.

 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

 Search me, O God, and know my heart: ^atry me, and know my thoughts:

 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.