O
Lord, You have
examined my heart and You know everything about me.
You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts
even when I’m far away. You see me when I travel and
when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You
know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord.
You go before me and follow me. You place your
hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge
is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand!
I can never escape from Your Spirit! I can never get away
from your presence!
If I go up to Heaven, You are there; if I go down to the
grave, You are there. If I ride
the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest
oceans, even there Your hand will guide
me, and Your strength will support me. I
could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me
to become night— but even in darkness I cannot hide from
You. To You the night shines as bright as
day. Darkness and light are the same to You.
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit
me together in my mother’s womb. Thank You
for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is
marvelous—how well I know it. You watched
me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven
together in the dark of the womb. You saw
me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in
Your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day
had passed.
How precious are Your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot
be numbered! I can’t even count them; they
outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, You are
still with me! ...
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my
anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me
that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting
life.
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