| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. | 1LORD, you have examined me; you have known me. |
| 2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. | 2You know when I rest and when I am active. You understand what I am thinking when I am distant from you. |
| 3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. | 3You scrutinize my life and my rest; you are familiar with all of my ways. |
| 4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. | 4Even before I have formed a word with my tongue, you, LORD, know it completely! |
| 5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. | 5You encircle me from back to front, placing your hand upon me. |
| 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. | 6Knowledge like this is too amazing for me. It is beyond my reach, and I cannot fathom it. |
| 7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? | 7Where can I flee from your spirit? Or where will I run from your presence? |
| 8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. | 8If I rise to heaven, there you are! If I lay down with the dead, there you are! |
| 9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; | 9If I take wings with the dawn and settle down on the western horizon |
| 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. | 10your hand will guide me there, too, while your right hand keeps a firm grip on me. |
| 11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. | 11If I say, "Darkness will surely conceal me, and the light around me will become night," |
| 12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. | 12even darkness isn't dark to you, darkness and light are the same to you. |
| 13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. | 13It was you who formed my internal organs, fashioning me within my mother's womb. |
| 14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. | 14I praise you, because you are fearful and wondrous! Your work is wonderful, and I am fully aware of it. |
| 15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. | 15My frame was not hidden from you while I was being crafted in a hidden place, knit together in the depths of the earth. |
| 16Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. | 16Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet. |
| 17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! | 17How deep are your thoughts, God! How great is their number! |
| 18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. | 18Were I to count them, they would number more than the sand. When I awake, I will be with you. |
| 19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. | 19God, if only you would execute the wicked, so that the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me, |
| 20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. | 20who speak against you with evil motives, your enemies who are acting in vain. |
| 21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? | 21I hate those who hate you, LORD, do I not? I loathe those who rebel against you, do I not ? |
| 22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. | 22With consummate hatred I hate them; I consider them my enemies. |
| 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: | 23Examine me, God, and know my mind, test me, and know my thoughts. |
| 24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. | 24See if there is any offensive tendency in me, and lead me in the eternal way. |
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