Posted by
R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:58:53 AM
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, thou hast tried me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou
understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my paths, and my lying
down, and art accustomed to all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo,
thou knowest it wholly, O Lord.
5 Thou holdest me strait behind and before, and
layest thine hand upon me.
6 Thy knowledge is too wonderful for me: it is
so high that I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither
shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I lie
down in hell, thou art there.
9 Let me take the wings of the morning, and
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 Y et thither shall thine hand lead me, and thy
right hand hold me.
11 If I say, Yet the darkness shall hide me, even
the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee: but
the night shineth as the day: the darkness and light
are both alike. (a)
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast
covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee, for I am fearfully and wondrously
made: marvelous are thy works, and my soul
knoweth it well.
15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was
made in a secret place, and fashioned beneath in
the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see me, when I was without
form: for in thy book were all things written, which
in continuance were fashioned, when there was none
of them before. (b)
17 How dear therefore are thy thoughts unto me,
O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more than the
sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Oh that thou wouldest [slay], O God, the
wicked and bloody men, to whom I say, Depart ye
from me:
20 Which speak wickedly of thee, and being thine
enemies are lifted up in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee?
and do not I earnestly contend with those that rise
up against thee?
22 I hate them with an unfeigned hatred, as they
were mine utter enemies.
23 Try me, O God, and know mine heart: prove
me and know my thoughts,
24 And consider if there be any way of wickedness
in me, and lead me in the way forever.
(a) Verses 11 - 12
Revelations 21:23 - 25
(b) Verses 15 - 16
Genesis 1:26
Job 31:15
Revelations 21:27