For the leader, God. A psalm of David. I LORD, you have probed me, you know me: 2 you know when I sit and stand;*a you understand my thoughts from afar. 3 You sift through my travels and my rest; with all my ways you are familiar. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, LORD, you know it all. 5 Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, far too lofty for me to reach.b 7 Where can I go from your spirit? From your presence, where can I flee? 8 If I ascend to the heavens, you are there; if I lie down in Sheol, there you are.c 9 If I take the wings of dawn* and dwell beyond the sea,* 10 Even there your hand guides me, your right hand holds me fast. 11 If I say, “Surely darkness shall hide me, and night shall be my light”*— 12 Darkness is not dark for you, and night shines as the day. Darkness and light are but one.d II 13 You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb.e 14 I praise you, because I am wonderfully m...