✧1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. Copy✧2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off. Copy✧3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways. Copy✧4For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether. Copy✧5Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me. Copy✧6[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it. Copy✧7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence? Copy✧8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. Copy✧9If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;